A Life of Privilege, Mostly
A Memoir| By: | Gardner Botsford |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9780312303433 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781466858220 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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A scion of a Midwestern heiress reveals his World War II tour of duty combat engagements that earned him recognition as a highly decorated officer. Gardner Botsford's A Life of Privilege, Mostly tells the fascinating and humorous story of his WWII experiences, from his assignment to the infantry due to a paperwork error to a fearful trans-Atlantic crossing on the Queen Mary, to landing under heavy fire on Omaha Beach and the Liberation of Paris. After the war, he began a distinguished literary career as a long-time editor at the New Yorker, and chronicles the magazine's rise and influence on postwar American culture with wit and grace.