Those turbulent sons of freedom : Ethan Allen's Green Mountain boys and the American Revolution / Christopher S. Wren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wren, Christopher S. (Christopher Sale), 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789.

Allen, Ethan.

Vermont--History--To 1791.

Vermont.

History.

Vermont. Militia.

Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Ticonderoga (N.Y.).

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Regimental histories.

United States.

Regimental histories.

Militia.

New York (State)--Ticonderoga.

Local Subjects:

New York (State)--Ticonderoga.

United States.

Vermont.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Summary:

"The story of Ethan Allen and the much-loved Green Mountain Boys of Vermont and their role in the American Revolution--the myth and the reality. A rare look at a corner of the Revolutionary War. In Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom, Wren overturns the myth of Ethan Allen as a legendary hero of the American Revolution and a patriotic son of Vermont and offers a different portrait of Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. They were ruffians who joined the rush for cheap land on the northern frontier of the colonies in the years before the American Revolution. Allen did not serve in the Continental Army but he raced Benedict Arnold for the famous seizure of Britain's Fort Ticonderoga. Allen and Arnold loathed each other. General George Washington, leery of Allen, refused to give him troops. In a botched attempt to capture Montreal against specific orders of the commanding American general, Allen was captured in 1775 and shipped to England to be hanged. Freed in 1778, he spent the rest of his time negotiating with the British but failing to bring Vermont back under British rule. Based on original archival research, this is a groundbreaking account of an important and little-known front of the Revolutionary War, of George Washington (and his good sense), and of a major American myth. Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom is an important contribution to the history of the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A land rush north

Seizing Fort Ticonderoga

Congress invades Canada

This thievish, pockey army

A Green Mountain Boy serves his king

Burgoyne bogs down in Vermont

The most active and most rebellious race

Victory at Bennington

Ethan Allen sails free

Conniving with the enemy

Green Mountain Boys disbanded

Spy base on the lake

A fake invasion canceled

A bastard joins the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-286) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wren, Christopher S. (Christopher Sale), 1936- Those turbulent sons of freedom.

ISBN:

9781416599555

141659955X

9781416599562

1416599568

OCLC:

1006796764