JOHNSTON, A(ndrew) J(ohn) B(ayly) 1949-

PERSONAL: Born November 7, 1949, in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; son of James Andrew Little (a technical representative for a photographic equipment and supplies company) and Clarissa Alice (a homemaker; maiden name, Bayly) Johnston; married Mary Margaret Topshee (a secretary), April 27, 1974; children: Jennifer Lyne, Colin Andrew, Michael James. Education: Dalhousie University, B.A. (with honors), 1972, M.A., 1977; Université Laval, Ph.D., 1998.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, McGill-Queen's University Press, 845 Sherbrooke St., West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T5, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, historian, 1977-2000; Parks Canada, Atlantic Service Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, historian, 2000—. Conference speaker throughout North America, Scotland, and Australia.

MEMBER: French Colonial Historical Society (president, 2001-03).

WRITINGS:

Defending Halifax: Ordnance, 1825-1906, Parks Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1981.

The Summer of 1744: A Portrait of Life in 18th-Century Louisbourg, Parks Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1983, revised edition, 1991.

Religion in Life at Louisbourg, 1713-1758, 1984, published as Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1996.

(Editor) From the Hearth: Recipes from the World of 18th-Century Louisbourg, recipes by Hope Dunton, University College of Cape Breton Press (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1986.

(Editor and contributor) Louisbourg: An 18th-Century Town, Nimbus Publishing (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1991.

Toward a New Past: Report on the Current Presentation of Aboriginal History by Parks Canada, Parks Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1995.

(Editor) Brian Campbell, Tracks across the Landscape: A Commemorative History of the S&L Railway, University College of Cape Breton Press (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1995.

Louisbourg: The Phoenix Fortress, photographs by Chris Reardon, Nimbus Publishing (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1997.

(Editor) Essays in French Colonial History, Michigan State University Press (East Lansing, MI), 1997.

Control and Order: The Evolution of French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758, Michigan State University Press (East Lansing, MI), 2001.

Endgame: Louisbourg and the Siege of 1758: Promise, Glory, and Despair, McGill-Queen's University Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), in press.

Editor of conference proceedings. Contributor to periodicals, including Reader's Digest, Gardening Life, Canadian House and Home, Beaver, Canadian Collector, Dalhousie Review, Fortress: Castles and Fortifications Quarterly, French Colonial History, Island: New Perspectives on Cape Breton's History, and Material History Review. Guest editor, Nova Scotia Historical Review, 1990.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Colonial Louisbourg: Seaport, Community, and Stronghold, for University of Florida Press.

SIDELIGHTS: A. J. B. Johnston told CA: "As far as I can see, at least for myself, writing is one of the ways humans try to do battle with their own mortality. I have been fortunate in that I have usually been able to follow my interests as they developed. It turns out that questions of control and order are often foremost, but I did not realize that for many years."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Historical Review, December, 2001, Geoffrey Plank, review of Control and Order: The Evolution of French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758, p. 1786.

Beaver, June-July, 1987, Douglas Cole, review of From the Hearth: Recipes from the World of 18th-Century Louisbourg, p. 61.

Canadian Historical Review, June, 1984, G. A. Rawlyk, review of The Summer of 1744: A Portrait of Life in 18th-Century Louisbourg, p. 302.

Historical Journal, September, 1999, Emily Clark, review of Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758, p. 903.

History, October, 1999, Colin M. Coates, review of Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758,p. 708.

Journal of Ecclesiastical History, July, 1998, Marguerite van Die, review of Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758, p. 578.