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White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America

Contributors:

By (Author) Fintan O'Toole

ISBN:

9780571218417

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

1st September 2006

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Biography: historical, political and military

Dewey:

973.2092

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

432

Dimensions:

Width 125mm, Height 200mm, Spine 30mm

Weight:

350g

Description

William Johnson began life as a poor Irish Catholic peasant. After converting to Protestantism, he emigrated to America where he became the leading fur trader in the British colony and one of its richest men. He also 'went native', marrying an Indian woman and adopting the religion of her tribe, the Iroquois. When war broke out between the French and English - what we know now as the 7 Years War, the first world war in history - Johnson held the fate of the British Empire in his hands. If the Indians fought with the French, the British were doomed.



He ensured that the Indians remained neutral or sided with the British. But he also made them promises - only to see all his assurances broken by his fellow whites and by the imperial authorities in London .

Reviews

"'Accomplished and supremely readable... Tells the astonishing story of Sir William Johnson... Hero, adventurer, servant of the crown, Irishman, lover - Johnson was all of these.' Stella Tillyard, Sunday Times"

Author Bio

Fintan O'Toole is one of the most influential and interesting writers Ireland has produced in the past ten years. He has written several volumes of essays, a widely acclaimed book on Shakespeare (he is also a gifted theatre critic) and a life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Traitor's Kiss.

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