To Be a Journalist

This entertaining account of breaking into the world of journalism in the last century begins when the author leaves Yale not knowing what he wants to do except travel. And for years his trajectory is more of a stroll than a march. It includes multiple careers, seeing lots of Europe, Mexico, Guatemala, and of course the United States, as well as three years of World War II duty as a Navy officer in Morocco and a year as an English professor at his alma mater. Finally, following an epiphany in an editor's office, he hits his stride as a late-blooming magazine writer and editor, as well as a best-selling author.