Inventing Ethan Allen
2014
923.573 A425duf 2014
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Title
Inventing Ethan Allen
Published
Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, 2014.
Description
xii, 285 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
923.573 A425duf 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)862349370
Note
"... Drawing extensively from the correspondence in Ethan Allen and his Kin and a wide range of historical, political, and cultural sources, Duffy and Muller analyze the factors that led to Ethan Allen's two-hundred-year-old status as the most famous figure in Vermont's past. Placing facts against myths, the authors reveal how Allen acquired and retained his iconic image, how the much-repeated legends composed after his death coincide with his life, why recollections of him are synonymous with the story of Vermont, and why some Vermonters still assign to Allen their own cherished and idealized values"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.
Contents: Confused accounts of Ethan Allen's death: later accounts compound the story -- Seeking the main chance: limited education, failed ventures, and the promise of the New Hampshire grants -- Chasing fame and glory: success at Ticonderoga, blundering at St. John, and defeat at Montreal -- Ethan Allen and the historians: discovering a hero -- The many guises of the hero: Ethan Allen in fiction, stone, uniform, and popular imagination -- Making it up: anecdotes, legends, and other dubious tales -- Silence and exclusion: murder, slaveholding, and plagiarism -- The hero keeps his reputation -- Epilogue: the hero lives.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.
Contents: Confused accounts of Ethan Allen's death: later accounts compound the story -- Seeking the main chance: limited education, failed ventures, and the promise of the New Hampshire grants -- Chasing fame and glory: success at Ticonderoga, blundering at St. John, and defeat at Montreal -- Ethan Allen and the historians: discovering a hero -- The many guises of the hero: Ethan Allen in fiction, stone, uniform, and popular imagination -- Making it up: anecdotes, legends, and other dubious tales -- Silence and exclusion: murder, slaveholding, and plagiarism -- The hero keeps his reputation -- Epilogue: the hero lives.
L2017M139
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