LEADER 02657nam 2200457 450 001 9910159022903321 005 20230808201332.0 010 $a0-9893604-8-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4555860 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018473 100 $a20180504d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe inventors $ea memoir /$fPeter Selgin 210 1$aPortland, Oregon :$cHawthorne Books & Literary Arts,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (405 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-9893604-7-4 330 $a""This book is mainly about two men who were very important to me. "The first was there at my conception; the second came along 13 years later. Both men shaped my personality. "The first man was my father, Paul Selgin, who, it so happens, was an inventor. The second was my eighth grade English teacher." Both Selgin's father and the man he calls "the teacher" led remarkable lives. Among other things, Paul Selgin invented the first dollar bill-changing-machine and helped design the so-called proximity fuse, which hastened the end of World War II. As for the teacher, he became a forceful advocate for human rights and diversity, championing the cause of indigenous peoples and refuges from Southeast Asia, while insisting that they not forget their history - ironically, since the teacher did everything he could to obliterate his own. As Selgin discovers only after their deaths, for very different reasons both men felt compelled to reinvent themselves. The Inventors is the story of how these two charismatic men shaped the author's life. It's also the story of a relationship between a boy and his teacher, a relationship that was equal parts inspiring and destructive. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aTeacher-student relationships$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$y21st century$vBiography 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs$2bisacsh 606 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood$2bisacsh 615 0$aTeacher-student relationships 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. 615 7$aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood. 676 $a813/.6 686 $aBIO026000$aFAM020000$2bisacsh 700 $aSelgin$b Peter$01243695 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159022903321 996 $aThe inventors$92884908 997 $aUNINA