James Salter (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
James Salter (born James Horowitz) moved with his family to New York City when he was two. His father had attended West Point and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and became an engineer and real estate broker. James went to a number of city schools but spent his high school years at Horace Mann, a prep school in Riverdale. He was accepted at both MIT and Stanford but also took the exam for West Point as a favor to his father. He was accepted and entered West Point in 1942. He graduated in 1945 and missed action during World War II. He joined the Air Force and for...
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