Fourteenth State : A Biographical Novel of Ethan Allen. This item is unavailable.Fourteenth State : A Biographical Novel of Ethan Allen

From Savages to Yorkers, to the surprise attack on Ft. Ticonderoga, to America's first Navy and its ambush of the mighty British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Champlain at Valcour Island, to the defeat of British outside Bennington and finally the turning point of the Revolutionary War, the decisive battle of Saratoga. Our history books go into great detail about the Thirteen Colonies and how they declared their independence and referred to themselves as the United States of America on July 4, 1776. The battles generated many new hero's that are either obscure, condemned or not mentioned at all in our history books probably because Vermont was not a state in 1776. This book is about Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys and their quest to make Vermont the Fourteenth State.

John P. Roach Jr., raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey made his first trip to Vermont to enter St. Michael's College, near Burlington. He found Ethan Allen's name used everywhere by businesses, schools, parks and monuments and being a history buff became quite surprised that his previous education made little or no mention of this incredible hero of the American Revolution. During the war, the first American Navy took on the mighty British Navy in the battle of Lake Champlain where they ambushed the British Fleet at Valcour Island. Both are neglected colossal oversights in our history books. Taking his two children on many voyages on Lake Champlain, they visited Valcour Island, Ft. Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Button Bay and Arnold Bay, and many other historic sites of the Battles of Lake Champlain. The author has also traveled on his yacht "Rocinante" from Montreal on the St. Lawrence River, to the Richelieu River, to Lake Champlain, to the Hudson River continually fascinated by the historical significance of this water highway. Before leaving Vermont in a move to La Jolla, California the author made a point to visit each and every town, hamlet and village in the State of Vermont. He traveled by car usually between September 20 and October 15 each year when the autumn splendor is blazing with color. When winter arrives there are many fond memories of taking the kids skiing to Stowe and Sugarbush. After spending 22 years in Vermont the author can relate to the life and times of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Climbing to the top of both Mt. Mansfield and Camel's Hump with the kids in the spring and autumn and looking West to Lake Champlain you get a clear perspective of the vast properties once owned by Ethan and Ira Allen.