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Fort Ticonderoga, key to a continent / by Hamilton, Edward Pierce.(CARDINAL)125076;
Bibliography: pages 231-234.
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Fort Ticonderoga, key to a continent. by Hamilton, Edward Pierce.(CARDINAL)125076;
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Fort Ticonderoga : a short history / by Pell, Stephen H. P.;
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Fort Ticonderoga, the last campaigns : the war in the North, 1777-1783 / by Lender, Mark Edward,1947-author(CARDINAL)309929;
Includes bibliographical references and indexA crossroads of war -- Winter to Spring 1776-1777: Anthony Wayne and the challenge of command -- Commanders and controversies -- The treat: Lieutenant General John Burgoyne and his army -- Invasion: the key unlocked -- Counterattack: Ticonderoga assaulted -- A war continued: Frederick Haldimand and aggressive defense -- A war not ended: from military to political battle"[In this narrative], Mark Lender masterfully scouts the military and political terrain -- in the context of command and timing -- as he charts when, how, and why British and American forces took, held, and left Ticonderoga as its strategic importance waxed and waned during the American Revolution." -- Back cover
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Ethan Allen : his life and times / by Randall, Willard Sterne.(CARDINAL)176414;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 542-578) and index."The most unwearied pains." "A sincere passion for liberty" ; "The roughest township in Connecticut" ; "I experienced great advantages" ; "Any furnace for making steel" -- "Gods of the hills." "A tumultuous and offensive manner" ; "The greatest hassurds of his life" ; "No better than peddlers" ; "Gods of the hills" ; "The law of self-preservation" ; "In the name of the great Jehovah" -- "No damned Arnold." "Thou bold blasphemer" ; "I had no chance to fly" ; "Ye shall grace a halter" ; "A game of hazard" ; "A hook in the nose" ; "Clodhopper philosopher."BooklistKirkus StarredPub WeeklyBooklist, May 2011Kirkus Starred, May 2011Pub Weekly, March 2011Presents a biography of the frontier Founding Father who led a daring attack on Fort Ticonderoga and almost single-handedly brought the state of Vermont into the Union.AdultAdult
Subjects: Biographies.; Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789.; Vermont. Militia; Soldiers;
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1775 [audio-enabled device]: a good year for revolution
Performed by Arthur Morey.Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events and confrontations of 1775 -- Congress's belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New England's 'rage militaire, ' the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors up and down the seaboard, and the new provincial congresses and hundreds of local committees that quickly reconstituted local authority in Patriot hands -- achieved a sweeping Patriot control of territory and local government that Britain was never able to overcome.
Subjects: Boston (Mass.); Concord; Fort Ticonderoga(N.Y.); Lexington; United States; United States; United States;
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Ethan Allen : Green Mountain rebel / by Haugen, Brenda.(CARDINAL)669626;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A surprise attack -- Backwoods boy -- The New Hampshire grants -- The Green Mountain Boys -- Wanted men -- More defiance -- Taking Fort Ticonderoga -- Disaster at Montreal -- Held captive -- The hero's return -- The final years.Profiles the life of the proud patriot and soldier who, along with Benedict Arnold, led the Green Mountain Boys in capturing Fort Ticonderoga from the British.1050LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789; Vermont. Militia; Soldiers;
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1775 [sound recording] a good year for revolution / by Phillips, Kevin,1940-2023.(CARDINAL)123205; Morey, Arthur,narrator.(CARDINAL)780477; Brilliance Audio (Firm)(CARDINAL)539950;
Performed by Arthur Morey.An unconventional assessment of the American Revolution examines the events, politics, economic factors, and military preparations of 1775 that ignited the war and established patriot control over American governance and key territories.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.; United States. Continental Congress.; Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.;
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1775 : a good year for revolution / by Phillips, Kevin,1940-2023.(CARDINAL)123205;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-604) and index.Introduction. The spirit of 1775 -- The Revolution : provocations, motivations, and alignments. Liberty's vanguard ; Religion, ethnicity, and revolutionary loyalty ; A revolution for economic self-determination ; Urban radicalism and the tide of revolution ; Challenge from the backcountry ; The ideologies of revolution -- 1775 : the battlegrounds. Fortress New England? ; Declaring economic war ; Five roads to Canada ; The global munitions struggle, 1774-1776 ; The supply war at sea ; The first British southern strategy, 1775-1776 ; Is Falmouth burning? ; Red, white, and black ; Divided national opinion and Britain's need to hire mercenaries ; The Chesapeake : America's vulnerable estuary ; The American Revolution as a civil war ; The Declaration of Independence : a stitch in time? -- Consequences and ramifications. The Battle of Boston : a great American victory ; Canada : defeat or victory? ; Lord Dunmore's second war ; Whaleboats, row galleys, schooners, and submarines : the small-ship origins of the U.S. Navy ; Europe, the Bourbon Compact, and the American Revolution ; The southern expedition of 1775 and the limitations of British power ; 1775 : a good year for revolution."Iconoclastic historian and bestselling author Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events and confrontations of 1775--Congress's belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New England's 'rage militaire,' the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors up and down the seaboard, and the new provincial congresses and hundreds of local committees that quickly reconstituted local authority in Patriot hands---achieved a sweeping Patriot control of territory and local government that Britain was never able to overcome."--
Subjects: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.; United States. Continental Congress.; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.; Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.;
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys / by Stein, R. Conrad.(CARDINAL)141580;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.Discusses the facts and tall tales about Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, who, along with Benedict Arnold, led the Green Mountain Boys in capturing Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.990LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789; Vermont. Militia; Soldiers; Soldiers;
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