Ethan Allen his life and times
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.
Main Author: | Randall, Willard Sterne. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
c2011.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- "The most unwearied pains." "A sincere passion for liberty" ; "The roughest township in Connecticut" ; "I experienced great advantages" ; "Any furnace for making steel"
- "Gods of the hills." "A tumultuous and offensive manner" ; "The greatest hassurds of his life" ; "No better than peddlers" ; "Gods of the hills" ; "The law of self-preservation" ; "In the name of the great Jehovah"
- "No damned Arnold." "Thou bold blasphemer" ; "I had no chance to fly" ; "Ye shall grace a halter" ; "A game of hazard" ; "A hook in the nose" ; "Clodhopper philosopher."