num_pages: 260
description: Gardner Botsford tells the fascinating and humorous story of his W.W. II 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.
language: English
title: A Life of Privilege, Mostly
titlecomplete: A Life of Privilege, Mostly
genres: Memoir
ratings_count: 57
publisher: St. Martin's Press