Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier

by Michael A. Bellesiles

Book Overview

In this revisionary look at the eighteenth-century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Ethan Allen was the leader of a group of frontier... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813916038
• ISBN13: 9780813916033
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A very fine and stimulating book

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in 18th century American history. It deals with a light hand with complex issues of both economic, political and religious history. It is also very cogently argued and entertaining.Great stuff.

The revolution within the Revolution

Yes, my name really is Ethan Allen. This is an excellently researched and well documented account about a very little known chapter of the American Revolution. The book is the story of Vermont's struggle for statehood. It explores the economic, social, and political pressures that led Vermonters to create their own government in spite of threats from Enland, New York, and Continental Congress. This book is a good study of how government derives its power from the people. The reading is a little slow at times, but good history often is, and this is more than worth the effort.