A dramatic, exciting and tragic book about the Irish fur trapper who held the fate of America and the British Empire in his hands. 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 now know as the 7 Years War ...
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A dramatic, exciting and tragic book about the Irish fur trapper who held the fate of America and the British Empire in his hands. 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 now know 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 . . .
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2009
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Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
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2009
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English
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At least one major historian regards this life of one of the major figures in pre-Revolutionary America as mainly fiction because of the author's heavy reliance on Irish folkways. But at times it can be interesting and suggestive.
Sir William Johnson was a complex man who lived successfully among the Iroquois, the British, and the colonists. Previous biographies like Milton Hamilton's are good but a modern one is lacking. This isn't it unless you too are heavily influenced by Irish legends.
It's too intense for a summer read or a beach book and it fails to satisfy the historian; sources are dated especially secondary ones for background.
I'd wait for the forthcoming major study on Johnson.