Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier - Paperbackby Michael Bellesiles (Author) In this revisionary look at the eighteenth century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Ethan Allen was the leader of a group of frontier subsistence farmers united in their opposition to New York elites and land speculators; the independence Allen and his followers fought for was as much from eastern elites as it was from the British crown. But what makes the story