 | Endgame 1758: The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg''s Last Decade Subjects: Louisbourg (N. S.) -- History -- Siege 1758; Louisbourg (N. S.) -- History Military -- 18th century; Louisbourg (N. S.) -- History Naval -- 18th century; United States -- History -- French and Indian War 1755-1763 -- Campaigns; United States -- Histor; The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. A. J. B. Johnston is a longtime historian with Parks Canada. He is the author of numerous books, including Storied Shores: St. Peter's, Isle Madame, and Chapel Island in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Control and Order: The Evolution of French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713--1758; and Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713 --1758. |
