Reviews: White savage: William Johnson and the invention of America: The go-between

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White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America BY Fintan O'Toole Faber & Faber, 320pp, GBP 20

WHEN IT COMES TO A CHALLENGE, Fintan O'Toole is the man for high- calibre intellectual mastication and digestion. His previous books, Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life and A Traitor's Kiss were bracing tussles with complex subjects. His latest foray is no less so. In Sir William Johnson, a British official of Irish birth who bestrode the birth pangs of America, he confronts an inspiring enigma: a man of intrigue whose skills as a diplomat, and widespread susceptibility to cultures, ...

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