Vermont historian and author, Kevin Graffagnino, will discuss the life of Ira Allen as told in his new book, “Ira Allen: A Biography”.

“Land speculator, revolutionary, pamphleteer, politician, and empire-builder, Ira Allen was a key figure on the late eighteenth-century Green Mountain frontier. Based on his new book Ira Allen: A Biography, J. Kevin Graffagnino’s lively talk evaluates Allen’s checkered career and makes the case for including him in our picture of Vermont’s formative decades.”