Eric Jay Dolin
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Eric Jay Dolin | |
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| Born | 1961 Queens, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Brown University Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Fields | History Environmentalism Ecology Geography |
Eric Jay Dolin (born 1961) is an American author who writes history books, which often focus on maritime topics, wildlife, and the environment. He has published fourteen books, which have won numerous awards.
Dolin grew up near the coast in New York and Connecticut, and graduated from Brown University, where he majored in biology and environmental studies.[1] After getting a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,[2] he received his Ph.D. in environmental policy and planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]
Family
Eric and his wife Jennifer live in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with their two children.
Career
Dolin has worked as: (a) program manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; (b) environmental consultant for (i) Booz Allen Hamilton (MD) and (ii) Environmental Resources Limited (London); (c) an intern (i) at National Wildlife Federation, (ii) at the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, and (iii) for Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr. on Capitol Hill; (d) fisheries policy analyst at the National Marine Fisheries Service; (e) technical writer for the National Transportation Safety Board; (f) PEW research fellow at Harvard Law School; and (g) American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow at Business Week.[4] Since 2007, he has been a full-time writer.
Bibliography
- Left For Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World (Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton, May 2024)
- Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution (Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton, May 2022)
- A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes (Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton, June 2020)
- Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates (Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton, 2018, 400 pp., 120 illus., ISBN 978-1-63149-210-5
- Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse (Liveright, an imprint of W. W. Norton, 2016, 560 pp., 160 illus., ISBN 978-1-63149-250-1).
- When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2012, 384 pp., 102 illus., ISBN 978-0-87140-433-6)[5]
- Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America (W. W. Norton, 2010, 464 pp., 90 illus., ISBN 978-0-393-06710-1)[6]
- Leviathan: The History of Whaling In America (W. W. Norton, 2007, 480 pp., 90 illus., ISBN 978-0-393-33157-8)[7]
- The Ph.D. Survival Guide (iUniverse, 2005, 140 pp., ISBN 0595350305)
- Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor - A Unique Environmental Success Story (University of Massachusetts Press, 2004, 240 pp., 40 illus., ISBN 1558494456)
- Snakehead: A Fish out of Water (Smithsonian Books, 2003, 266 pp., 58 illus., ISBN 1588341542)
- Smithsonian Book of National Wildlife Refuges (Illustrations by John and Karen Hollingsworth, Smithsonian Books, 2003, 258 pp., 200 illus., ISBN 1588341178)
- The Duck Stamp Story: Art-Conservation-History (co-author, Bob Dumaine, Krause Publications, 2000, 206 pp., 300 illus., ISBN 0873418158)
- International Environmental Treaty Making (co-authored with Lawrence E. Susskind and J. William Breslin; Program on Negotiation Books, Harvard Law School, 1992, 192 pp., ISBN 1880711028)
- Dirty Water Clean Water: A Chronology of Events Surrounding the Degradation and Cleanup of Boston Harbor (MIT Sea Grant College Program, 1990, 144 pp., ISBN 1561720011)
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Know your government) (Chelsea House Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0791008789)
