Expatriate Adventures
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Expatriate Adventure as an expatriate began, for me, in the comfortable life of growing up in Shanghai, from age one in 1925 to departure at age fifteen in 1940. The last years were far from the small world of a small child, unaware of the turmoil of 1926, and culminated in the troubled year of 1940.
For my family, expatriate life began in Cuba with our two children, then Venezuela and Guatemala for them and our next two children. It left its mark of awareness on all of them, as they had experiences from 1945 for some to 1969 for others, not to be has in America.
For some of the family, they included revolutions. But it was the daily life of an expatriate that occupied them and me, and forms the basis of much Expatriate Adventures. You will also see tales of events long after – decades or more – our expatriate life ceased and we became residents of the United States. But these events all have their origins in our lives as expatriates. All these are offered for your interest and entertainment.
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The book is a memoir about my life; thus, I am qualified. I lived in Shanghai’s International Settlement and French Concession, protected by foreign troops and warships, from 1926 to 1940, then in Cuba—1953–55; Venezuela, 1955–59; finally Guatemala, 1965–70, the years of my memoir. Today, at age eighty-seven, I live with my wife in a retirement community, Rockwood Forest Estates, in Spokane, Washington State. It’s a nonfiction memoir, Expatriate Adventure. It tells of my life in Shanghai from age two to fifteen, 1926–40, in the French Concession and International Settlement, eventually surrounded by Japanese armies who had driven out Chinese troops from the area surrounding these foreign jurisdictions in the Sino-Japanese war beginning in 1937, ending with the defeat of Japan in World War II. Later, married and with a growing family, we lived as expatriates in Latin America, beginning as a trainee in Havana, 1953; then assistant manager in Caracas, Venezuela; then regional manager in Guatemala City, for eight countries. These assignments were not consecutive, being interrupted by assignments in New York, not described because it’s not expatriate living and therefore outside the theme of this memoir.
About the Author
The book is a memoir about my life, thus I am qualified. I lived in Shanghai's International Settlement and French Concession, protected by foreign troops and warships, from 1926 to 1940, then in Cuba — 1953-55, Venezuela, 1955-59, finally Guatemala, 1965-70, the years of my memoir. Today, at age 87, I live with my wife in a retirement community, Rockwood Forest Estates, in Spokane, Washington State.