A Life of Privilege, Mostly

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 magazines rise and influence on postwar American culture with wit and grace.