Gerald Astor

GERALD MORTON ASTOR published more than thirty books over a twenty-five-year period, many focusing on World War II oral history. His books include Presidents at War, The Jungle War and The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military.

Astor worked as a picture editor at Sports Illustrated in its early years and as a senior editor at Look, Sport, The Saturday Evening Post, and Time. He held a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and later attended Columbia University.

Astor was born in New Haven, Connecticut, grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He died on December 30, 2007, in Scarsdale, New York.

Gerald Astor’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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