Bibliograph

White savage, William Johnson and the invention of America, Fintan O'Toole

Type

Label

White savage, William Johnson and the invention of America, Fintan O'Toole

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

White savage

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

59360234

Responsibility statement

Fintan O'Toole

Sub title

William Johnson and the invention of America

Table Of Contents

Tears, throat, heart -- Spectres and apparitions -- Amphibians -- 'Most onruly and streperous' -- An outlandish man -- How the white mane came to America -- The holy well -- Raw head and bloody bones -- The power of absence -- Force, motion and equilibrium -- The late emperor of Morocco -- Master of ceremonies -- An upstart of yesterday -- The precarious salvo of applause -- Unspeakable perplexity -- The largest pipe in America -- Miss Molly -- Rowing against the current -- Sir William and his myrmidons -- Niagara Falls -- Barbarians -- Seeds worth sowing -- 'Intoxicated with providential success' -- A stop to their very being -- What the great turtle said -- Many civil things -- An imaginary line -- The patriarch -- Negroes' handcuffs -- Irish dreamtime -- A death foretold -- The end of the world -- The afterlife

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