A lusty tale, so don't give it to immature youths, but for those who are ready to have some halos tarnished, it is a good biography of the hero of Vermont, who is here given flesh and blood reality. He is shown as a swashbuckling, profane, courageous and honest individualist, one of the most dramatic and picturesque figures of the American Revolution. Here is history, biography and legend welded into one.