Ward, Matthew C. 1963–

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Ward, Matthew C. 1963–

PERSONAL: Born March 5, 1963, in Walsall, England. Education: University of Durham, B.A., 1984; Ohio State University, M.A., 1986; College of William and Mary, Ph.D., 1992.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Writer, historian, and educator. University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, lecturer in history, 1992–.

MEMBER: Scottish Association for the Study of America, Organization of American Historians.

WRITINGS:

Breaking the Backcountry: The Seven Years' War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754–1765, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 2003.

1759, the Battle for Quebec: Britain's Conquest of Canada, Tempus Publishing (Stroud, England), 2005.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

History: Review of New Books, spring, 2004, Stanley H. Palmer, review of Breaking the Backcountry: The Seven Years' War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754–1765, p. 100.

Library Journal, October 1, 2003, John Burch, review of Breaking the Backcountry, p. 97.

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