About the Blogger

Bob Holtzman is:

Bob Holtzman, Viking longboat, Waterford Eire
I've been involved with boats, marine issues, writing, and editing most of my adult life. Before re-entering academia at a rather advanced age, I founded (and later sold) Mythic Gear, manufacturer of America's lowest-cost drysuits for paddlesports. Previously, I was Communications Director and Membership Coordinator at Penobscot Marine Museum and, before that, an acquisition editor for International Marine Publishing/McGraw-Hill, where I helped bring 40-odd books on boating and outdoor sports to life. 
I've written books on camping and wilderness survival, a series of children's books about boats, and dozens of articles for boating, business, and outdoor magazines and newspapers. I blog about boats from non-Western cultures at IndigenousBoats.com. I hold a Masters degree in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, and a Masters of Maritime Archaeology and PhD in Archaeology from the University of Southampton. My Masters dissertation analysed archaeological logboat repairs in Britain and Ireland. My PhD thesis, "The Heritage of the Warrau Dugout Canoe: Persistence of traditional watercraft and culture in a tropical swamp landscape", focuses on the Warrau people of Guyana. 
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