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Title: The Hero of Ticonderoga
or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys

Author: John de Morgan

Release Date: June 6, 2008 [EBook #25708]

Language: English

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THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA

OR

ETHAN ALLEN AND HIS GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS

BY

JOHN DE MORGAN

AUTHOR OF

"Paul Revere,"
"The Young Ambassador,"
"The First Shot for Liberty."
"The Young Guardsman," etc.

PHILADELPHIA

DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER

610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE

Copyright, 1896

By NORMAN L. MUNRO

The Hero of Ticonderoga

Table of Contents

Chapter

I. At the Courthouse
II. The Green Mountain Boys
III. A Child of Nature
IV. "The Rising of the Moon"
V. Defiance
VI. Before the Governor
VII. An Ambuscade
VIII. The Convention
IX. Treachery
X. Zeb's Double Dealing
XI. The Tables Turned
XII. The Opening of the War
XIII. Benedict Arnold
XIV. Arnold's Powers of Fascination
XV. The Hero of Ticonderoga
XVI. The Temptation
XVII. Crown Point
XVIII. "Who is Commander?"
XIX. News from Boston
XX. A Roadside Adventure
XXI. The Continental Progress
XXII. Eben's Adventures
XXIII. Foraging
XXIV. Secret Service
XXV. Diplomacy
XXVI. An Interesting Experiment
XXVII. A Prisoner
XXVIII. On the Gaspee
XXIX. Arrival in England
XXX. Irish Hospitality
XXXI. A Daring Swim
XXXII. How England Treated Prisoners of War
XXXIII. Beverly Robinson's Offer

THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA.

CHAPTER I.

AT THE COURTHOUSE.

It was a cold, bleak and freezing day, was that second day of the year
1764, in the good town of Bennington.

The first day of the year had been celebrated in a devout fashion by
nearly all the inhabitants of the district. Truly, some stayed away
from the meeti