Mohawk Baronet: A Biography of Sir William Johnson

James Thomas Flexner

Jan 1990 · Syracuse University Press

About this ebook

William Johnson was among the most powerful and romantic figures in early American history. Beginning as an impoverished eighteenth century Irish immigrant, he became the wealthiest and most influential Indian leader on the North American continent. Married to Molly Brant, sister of the celebrated Mohawk Joseph Brant, Johnson served as a mediator in the evolving clash of the European and Native American cultures. This new edition brings back into print a classic work that will be welcomed reading for all those interested in early American history and American-Indian relations.

About the author

James Thomas Flexner, one of America's foremost men of letters, has written with equal distinction in the fields of history, biography, and art. Author of well over a dozen books, his monumental biography of George Washington received a Special Pulitzer Prize Citation, as well as a National Book Award. In 1988, he received the highest medal open to a biographer, the gold medal, presented only once every ten years by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.