A Life of Privilege, Mostly

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A Life of Privilege, Mostly is written by Gardner Botsford and published by Macmillan + ORM. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1466858222 (ISBN 10) and 9781466858220 (ISBN 13).

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.