Hydrangea Waving - Softcover

Hale, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0741470853 ISBN 13: 9780741470850

Publisher: Infinity Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The book is an autobiography written as a unique narrative about an American who was born in Yokohama, Japan and lived there throughout WWII. It relates events from the day of the death of our mother in 2005 and then retraces the life story from the beginning starting in the mid 1930s and describes familial details and some aspects of a child growing up as an American in enemy Japan. It elaborates teen years in Japan and life at Punahou School in Hawaii and of courtship, marriage, family and employment with Pan Am and a battle with cancer.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph E. Hale was born Joseph Donnelly in Yokohama, Japan in 1937. He lived in Japan during WWII as an American. Joe attended St Josephs College in Yokohama and graduated from Hawaiis Punahou School in 1956. He attended Georgetown Universitys School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. He joined Pan American World Airways and over a 33 year career rose to become its Managing Director for Japan, Korea and China. Joe married Marguerite Hart of Springboro, Ohio. They have a daughter, and son plus three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The couple have been married 54 years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Infinity Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0741470853
• ISBN 13: 9780741470850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221