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Ethan Allen

Henry Foljambe Hall

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .with a red flag to run up the chimney as a signal for aid. The house was barricaded and provided with loop-holes. On the woody ridge north were 100 armed men, their heads and the muzzles of their guns barely visible amid the foliage. To the southeast, in plain sight, was a smaller body of men within gunshot of the house. Six or seven guarded the bridge half a mile to the west. Mayor Cuyler and a few others were allowed to cross the bridge and a parley ensued. The mayor returned to the bridge, and in half an hour the sheriff was notified that possession would be kept at all hazards. He ordered the posse to advance, and a small portion reluctantly complied. Another parley followed, while lawyer Yates expounded New York law and the Vermonters justified their position. The sheriff seized an axe, and going toward the door, threatened to break it open. In an instant an array of guns was aimed at him; he stopped, retired to the bridge, and ordered the posse to advance fi. . . Read More

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Ethan Allen is decently written and is easy to stay with. It's a portrait of a determined, tenacious, self-driven man who held strong leadership qualities and ability to foresee problems and plan ahead. As a portrait, it doesn't have a storyline, but the ground on which this man lived his life unfol

I will admit, that I was a little hesitant to read this as the last book illustrated by Lynd Ward ("The Biggest Bear", which won the 1953 Caldecott Award), I was really not a fan of as it involved bear-killing for sport. This book won a 1950 Caldecott Honor. My biggest complaint about this book is t

This is a lengthy biography glorifying the life of Ethan Allen. I learned a lot from it, but part of me felt like I was reading about Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Ethan Allen is a big strong guy with a big mouth who gets his way by force. It felt weird to me that we were glorifying his

A biography of the fearless American, Ethan Allen. The text reads more like a story than a traditional biography which is usually broken up into section that cover birth, education, death etc. The book reads like a factual tall tale with Ethan Allen the mighty man at the center. Illustrations were b

I read this book in the Main reading room of the Jefferson Library of Congress. It was a very cool experience. Reading under that dome with all the statues of great writers feels like all that wisdom is lifted up and you feel carried away. The room was quite and the reading tables are shaped in conc

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