{"product_id":"those-turbulent-sons-of-freedom-ethan-allens-green-mountain-boys-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","title":"Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher S. Wren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe myth and the reality of Ethan Allen and the much-loved Green Mountain Boys of Vermont--a \"surprising and interesting new account...useful, informative reexamination of an often-misunderstood aspect of the American Revolution\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the \"highly recommended\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThose Turbulent Sons of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A worthy addition to the canon of works written about this fractious period in this country's history\" (\u003ci\u003eAddison County Independent\u003c\/i\u003e), 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. \u003ci\u003eThose Turbulent Sons of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and essential contribution to the history of the American Revolution.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978555130157,"sku":"9781416599562","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MmZsaDQ4c2F3OHU4Rm5Lc2dVZWlTZz09.webp?v=1775805788","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/those-turbulent-sons-of-freedom-ethan-allens-green-mountain-boys-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}