The memoirs of Edward Gottlieb, Public Relations man, compiled and edited by his daughter, Elizabeth A Gottlieb, with additional material by his son, Richard M Gottlieb, MD, outlines the professional life of the man through the Great Depression, World War 2, and the 1950s, including his account of being a survivor of an American Airlines crash of 1959. In 1995, he was awarded the Pinnacle Worldwide Annual Legends of Public Relations Award. He served in World War 2 in the psychological warfare unit of the OSS (OSS became the CIA), in the Office of War Information (OWI). Among his many clients in Public Relations over the years were the government of Israel, NASA, Peter Max, French Champagne and Cognac, and more. He was one of five survivors of the crash in New York's East River of an American Airlines prop-jet, in 1959. His survival and recovery from catastrophic injuries is included in these stories. Editor and Contributor, Elizabeth Gottlieb, has worn many hats: dancer, choreographer, journalist, filmmaker, artist, musician, puppeteer, business owner, college administrator. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, a dog and a cat.