DUNNIGAN, Brian Leigh 1949-

PERSONAL: Born July 11, 1949, in Detroit, MI; son of James Patrick (in business) and Dorothy (McKay) Dunnigan; married Candice Cain (a columnist), April 22, 1989; children: James Cain, Claire Beausom. Ethnicity: "Irish-American." Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1971, M.A. (history), 1973; State University of New York—Oneonta, M.A. (museum practices), 1974. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Horseback riding, fox hunting, canoeing, swimming.

ADDRESSES: Home—4531 Maute Rd., Grass Lake, MI 49240. Offıce—Clements Library, University of Michigan, 909 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; fax: 734-674-0716. E-mail—briand@umich. edu.

CAREER: Historic Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, managing director, 1974-79; Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, OH, executive director, 1979-96; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, curator of maps at Clements Library, 1996—.

MEMBER: Company of Military Historians, Society for Army Historical Research (England).

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Memoirs on the Late War, Old Fort Niagara (Youngstown, OH), 1994.

Siege 1759, revised edition, Old Fort Niagara (Youngstown, OH), 1996.

Walk a Crooked Trail, Wawashkamo Golf Club, 1999.

Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838, Wayne State University Press (Detroit, MI), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Revising Memoirs on the Late War; research on the iconography of Mackinac, 1615-1870.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Mercator's World, July, 2001, Gregory V. Button, review of Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838, p. 55.