Ethan Allen : his life and times /

Ethan Allen : his life and times /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Randall, Willard Sterne.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Description:	xiv, 617 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Allen, Ethan, -- 1738-1789. Allen, Ethan, -- 1738-1789. Vermont. -- Militia -- Biography. Vermont. -- Militia. American Revolution (1775-1783) Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (New York : 1775) Soldiers -- United States -- Biography. Soldiers. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography. Vermont -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) -- Capture, 1775. Vermont -- History -- To 1791. United States. Vermont. Biographies. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8461004

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ISBN:	9780393076653 (hardcover) 0393076652 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Presents a biography of the frontier Founding Father who led a daring attack on Fort Ticonderoga and almost single-handedly brought the state of Vermont into the Union.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Part 1. "The most Unwearied Pains"
1. "A Sincere Passion for Liberty"
2. "The Roughest Township in Connecticut"
3. "I Experienced Great Advantages"
4. "Any Furnace for Making Steel"
Part 2. "Gods of the Hills"
5. "A Tumultuous and Offensive Manner"
6. "The Greatest Hassurds of His Life"
7. "No Better than Peddlers"
8. "Gods of the Hills"
9. "The Law of Self Preservation"
10. "In the Name of the Great Jehovah"
Part 3. "No Damned Arnold"
11. "Thou Bold Blasphemer"
12. "I Had No Chance to Fly"
13. "Ye Shall Grace a Halter"
14. "A Game of Hazard"
15. "A Hook in the Nose"
16. "Clodhopper Philosopher"
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index