That's the Way It Was: The Life and Times of Standish Curtis Hulse, 1906-1997

By Jennifer Hulse Watts

That's the Way It Was is a memoir that will transport you back to early 20th century San Jose, where you'll feel the excitement of Buffalo Bill's circus coming to town, browse through a neighborhood market, take a walk through old Chinatown and meet Joe Savio the vegetable man... take a drive in a 1915 Franklin and ride the Red Car out to Alum Rock Park... glimpse an early Kodak photo finishing business and the miracle of radio...Through the eyes of Standish Hulse - a descendent of Myles Standish and Daniel Boone - you'll experience family tragedy, escape to sea on freighters, work in the engine room with the "black gang" and survive shipwrecks and storms... enter into a son's devotion to his mother through twenty years of letters... experience World War II as a superintendent building destroyers for the Navy and commanding an M7 Howitzer tank through Germany in the last days of the war... Live through post-war America as Stan marries, starts a family, and becomes a building contractor in the booming San Francisco bay area of the 1950s... follow Stan as he becomes a resort owner, and then into his retirement where he reconnects with his love of the sea by taking freighter trips with his wife around the world, and a river boat trip down the Amazon... That's the Way It Was is a life story of a man who played his part in the events of the last century and who shares with us his keen observations of "the way it was."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996909702
• ISBN13: 9780996909709
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Jennifer H. Watts
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"