Thomas Seltzer The First Five Years

by Thomas Seltzer

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1925

About the author

Thomas Seltzer was a Russian-American translator, editor and book publisher. Born in Russia, Thomas Seltzer moved to the United States with his family as a young child. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on scholarship and graduated in 1897, going on to do post-graduate work at Columbia University. In addition to speaking his native Russian, Seltzer was conversant in Polish, Italian, German, Yiddish, and French and it was his language skills that led him to a career as a translator.