For this week's story we're retelling one of the great American myths, from the perspective of the man who made it famous...
Written by Martin, Israel Putnam and The Wolf follows the life of a real person, presented to the world as a frontiersman and scion of virtue. Yet, to make his story effective, 'the writer' must make choices about which truths to include, which to omit, and which to fabricate entirely.
A tale as much about the making of myths as a particular myth itself, this one spans the Seven Years War, the American Revolution, and the time immediately afterwards, through Shays Rebellion and that fearful period where it looked like the experiment of the United States might fall apart before it really began.
Drawing on historian Robert Ernest Hubbard's book Major General Israel Putnam: Hero of the American Revolution, it welcomes you to crawl into the dark and witness the eye shine face-to-face.
And to ask the question "What makes a hero?"
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Three Ravens is a completely independent English myth and folklore podcast where we share stories, celebrate folk culture, and fall backwards through the hedgerows of history.
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