Here is one man's uproarious, adventuresome journey through the twentieth-century: from Main-Line debutante parties to the Battle of the Coral Sea, from affluence in the Roaring 20's to poverty in the Great Depression, from All-American football at Princeton to becoming Life's top salesman, from dealings with statesmen like Eisenhower to run-ins with bareknuckle fighters like Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, and Frank Rizzo.