About the blog

Estonia on the Map is the companion blog to Back on the Map: Adventures in Newly Independent Estonia, a memoir of life in Estonia in 1992.

The book, published in September 2009 by Krimar Mustoli International, was written by Marc Hyman, who is also the author of this blog.

You can purchase the book here.

About the author

Marc Hyman lived in Estonia through most of the eventful 1990s. He taught accounting and finance at the Estonian Business School and at Concordia International University Estonia (now Tallinn University of Technology), served as Tallinn Bureau Chief for The Baltic Observer (now The Baltic Times) and as Managing Editor of The Baltic Business Leader, and worked as a consultant for Hansabank, North Estonian Bank, and Virumaa Commerce Bank.

He currently teaches accounting and business at Cascadia Community College in Washington, serves on the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, and is a member of the University of Washington’s Baltic Studies Roundtable. His accounts of day-to-day life in the newly independent Baltic States and Russia have been published in AjaKaja, Crosscurrents, Yours Truly, and Europe Today.

He is the author of Back on the Map, Curious Moody City, and American Business. He lives in Seattle.

Contact Marc

E-mail: marc@estoniaonthemap.com

6 Responses to About the blog

  1. Matt Henneman

    Congrats Marc! I very much look forward to reading your book. Awesome!

  2. It looks promising. i think I’ve heard of Estonia. It’s near Angola, right?

  3. Marc, just ordered the book. Really looking forward to reading it!!
    Meeli

  4. Cindi Brooks

    Congrats again – just ordered the book! Can’t wait to read it. :)

  5. Thank you, Marc. I loved the book. Brought back a lot of memories. The good old year of 1992 – no money, shitty weather, but I was a freshman in Tartu and the life could not get cooler. Glad you enjoyed your Estonian experience.

  6. Cindi Brooks

    Hi Marc! Just wanted to let you know that I finished the book and loved it! What a wonderful experience you had! You did such a great job of painting a really vivid picture of your life there and the colorful cast of characters felt like friends by the end. Congrats again on a job well done!

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