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McCarry served in the United States Army, where he was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, has been a small-town newspaperman, and was a speechwriter in the Eisenhower administration.

From 1958 to 1967 he worked for the CIA, under deep cover in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

However, his cover was not as a writer or journalist.

He is married with four grown sons.

His family is from The Berkshires area of western Massachusetts, where he currently lives.