As a trained historian, Brian Leigh Dunnigan has spent numerous years studying the early events, people, and of the Great Lakes region. He has refined such knowledge in practice, while holding museum positions at Mackinac State Historic Parks, as well as that of Managing Director at Historic Fort Wayne.In 1996, Dunnigan was made Head of Research and Publications, as well as Curator of Maps, at the William L. Clements Library at University of Michigan -- his alma mater. Then in 2001, Wayne State University Press released Frontier Metropolis , an extensive work in which Dunnigan chronicles Detroit from 1701 to 1838.In 2007, he was appointed Interim Director of the Clements Library, where he remains the expert on Early Detroit's fort and settlement patterns. Likewise, he has recently published a new book, A Pituresque Situation: Macinac Before Photography, 1615-1860.Interview shot on June 30, 2008, at the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. www.oneofusfilms.org www.doi.wayne.edu Less