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London: Faber and Faber, 2005. xi, 402 pages. Two b/w maps and 13 colour illustrations.Index. *"This is the great and forgotten story of the man who in the mid-eighteenth century saved North America for the British Empire, and ensured that in future it would be dominated by English-speaking Protestants. Yet William Johnson came from a family of Irish Catholic rebels and was closer to the Indians than he was to his fellow colonists. He believed he could preserve the way of life of the Native Americans under British rule -- but neither the peoples nor the colony wouldsurvive his passing" (dustwrapper blurb).. First Edition. New/New.