America’s Ethan Allen (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Stewart Holbrook
- First Published: 1949
- Time of Work: 1737–1789
- Setting: Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Canada, and England
- Principal Characters: Ethan Allen, Thomas Young, Stephen Fay, Green Mountain Boys, Thomas Chittenden, Noah Phelps, Seth Warner
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Colonies or colonization, American Revolution, War, Eighteenth century, Military life or service, Heroes or heroism, Patriotism, Biography
- Locales: Connecticut, New York, England, Canada, New Hampshire, Vermont
Form and Content
Stewart Holbrook begins his chronology on a stormy night in January, 1737, when Ethan Allen was born and ends on another stormy night in February, 1789, when Allen died—appropriate settings for this man of action. The narrative of America’s Ethan Allen moves smoothly from incident to incident and is interspersed with facts about what was happening in America, and Holbrook’s renderings of dialogue give the story a sense of immediacy. With no divisions other than the occasional blank line, the story flows freely and swiftly with the help of Lynd...
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