A Life of Privilege, Mostly: A Memoir
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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.
- Title: A Life of Privilege, Mostly: A Memoir
- Author: Gardner Botsford
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 269
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781466858220, 9780312303433, 0312303432, 1466858222
- Resource ID: LLS:9781466858220
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-12T13:32:54Z
Born in 1917, Gardner Botsford was a distinguished editor at The New Yorker from the late 1940s, following his military service in W.W. II, until his retirement in 1982.