Retrospect at 95

A Memoir

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Ben Muzzey ISBN: 9781532002786
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Ben Muzzey
ISBN: 9781532002786
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Ben Muzzey chronicles and celebrates a long life filled with surprising and exciting lessons learned in this debut publication offering a Retrospect at 95. As an engineer, skier, mountaineer, boater and bicyclist, Muzzey has tales to tell. Misunderstood and considered retarded in his early years due to severe undiagnosed dyslexia and myopia, he overcame these obstacles to graduate from MIT in 3.5 years and become a respected engineering manager at Boeing. He details these things and more in this narrative filled with poignant human-interest stories and observations about life. Muzzey looks back at the events that shaped his character and at the people who believed in him and those who didnt. He recalls being nearly penniless and living in the hay in his bosses barn. He describes driving across the country with his second wife Nancy, in a small, unreliable car and surviving for weeks on blackberries and tea; finally camping under a bridge in Seattle rain. There are stories about their colorful neighbors in the tenement that was their first home. There are many surprising episodes, including moving part of his originally decrepit farmhouse to their beautiful Mercer Island waterfront property by tugboat and his employee at Boeing whom he mentored until he was discovered by Upper Management. They announced that theyd found a diamond in a turd and later made him a vice president. The book is lively, inspiring and sometimes outrageous. His wife Ann, states that There are no books like it - Bens adventures and philosophy are uniquely his own. He encourages readers to be themselves and to consider the amount of risk appropriate for their adventures. His story clarifies this. This romp through one mans fascinating life produces some enriching and widely applicable lessons. - Clarion Book Review

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Ben Muzzey chronicles and celebrates a long life filled with surprising and exciting lessons learned in this debut publication offering a Retrospect at 95. As an engineer, skier, mountaineer, boater and bicyclist, Muzzey has tales to tell. Misunderstood and considered retarded in his early years due to severe undiagnosed dyslexia and myopia, he overcame these obstacles to graduate from MIT in 3.5 years and become a respected engineering manager at Boeing. He details these things and more in this narrative filled with poignant human-interest stories and observations about life. Muzzey looks back at the events that shaped his character and at the people who believed in him and those who didnt. He recalls being nearly penniless and living in the hay in his bosses barn. He describes driving across the country with his second wife Nancy, in a small, unreliable car and surviving for weeks on blackberries and tea; finally camping under a bridge in Seattle rain. There are stories about their colorful neighbors in the tenement that was their first home. There are many surprising episodes, including moving part of his originally decrepit farmhouse to their beautiful Mercer Island waterfront property by tugboat and his employee at Boeing whom he mentored until he was discovered by Upper Management. They announced that theyd found a diamond in a turd and later made him a vice president. The book is lively, inspiring and sometimes outrageous. His wife Ann, states that There are no books like it - Bens adventures and philosophy are uniquely his own. He encourages readers to be themselves and to consider the amount of risk appropriate for their adventures. His story clarifies this. This romp through one mans fascinating life produces some enriching and widely applicable lessons. - Clarion Book Review

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