Israel Putnam
(1718-1790)
Bragg,
Fanny Greye. "Israel Putnam." Connecticut Magazine
5(May, 1899)5:256-65. Offers little except a number of illustrations,
including a photo of the room in which Putnam was born.
Dean,
Leon W. Old Wolf, the Story of Israel Putnam. New York:
Ferrer & Rinehart, 1942. A popular study thinly researched
and somewhat fictionalized. No apparatus; tiny bibliography of
published works.
Drake,
Samuel Adams. General Israel Putnam, the Commander at Bunker
Hill. Boston: Nichols & Hall, 1875. A twenty-three-page
pamphlet written to establish Putnam's significance at Bunker
Hill.
Hill,
George Canning. Gen. Israel Putnam. New York: R. Worthington,
1884. Inspirational, typical nineteenth-century biography in
Sparks' American Biography series.
Humphreys,
David. An Essay on the Life of the Honorable Major General
Israel Putnam. Boston, 1818. The author, who knew Putnam well,
traces "the path of glory from the cradle of obscurity to
the summit of elevation, . . . ." etc., etc. The section
on Bunker Hill and anecdotes in the appendix were written by Samuel
Swett.
Livingston,
William Farrand. "The Homes and Haunts of Israel Putnam."
New England Magazine. N.s. 17(September, 1897). Many illustrations
and photographs.
—Israel
Putnam, Pioneer, Ranger, and Major-General, 1718-1790. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Out-of-date, but still useful.
Thirty-five illustrations; modest citations; list of works cited;
index.
Putnam,
Hamilton Staples. Country on Fire: Israel Putnam and the Colonial
Struggle for Survival, 1755-1765. Concord, N.H.: H. S. Putnam,
1974. A family's perspective of its ancestor. Covering only the
years 1755-1765, it consists of military episodes in the colonial
wars.
Stoddard,
Richard Henry. The Story of Putnam the Brave. Boston: Fields,
Osgood, 1870.
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