Confused accounts of Ethan Allen's death: later accounts compound the story
Seeking the main chance: limited education, failed ventures, and the promise of the New Hampshire grants
Chasing fame and glory: success at Ticonderoga, blundering at St. John, and defeat at Montreal
Ethan Allen and the historians: discovering a hero
The many guises of the hero: Ethan Allen in fiction, stone, uniform, and popular imagination
Making it up: anecdotes, legends, and other dubious tales
Silence and exclusion: murder, slaveholding, and plagiarism
The hero keeps his reputation
Epilogue: the hero lives.
Inventing Ethan Allen by John J. Duffy. ISBN 9781611685541. Published by University Press of New England in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.