This is The Way it Was

About the Book

This is a story about a poor old West Virginia hillbilly and his experiences.  These exciting experiences include sitting in the Oval Office at the White House, sitting the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman’s, chair and going through his desk drawers.  It includes confessions of stealing property from the President and pretending to be the President.  The experiences also include being present and covering the arrivals and visits of kings, queens, dignitaries, movie stars and world leaders.  There are stories of being friends and acquaintances with Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Mayors, and providing them with thousands of photographs.  There’s detailed experiences with card hustlers, card sharks, in military and civilian clubs from Washington, DC to Anchorage, Alaska.  This book includes excellent photographs of the Alaskan earthquake of 1964.  Stories of traveling with All-American Football players.  There are many situations of beating military personnel that were cheating in card games and exposing them for their action.  This is a very interesting story and that is the way it was.

About the Author

John W. Taylor is a country bumpkin from Martinsburg, West Virginia.  Mr. Taylor began work when he was only 10 years old.  His first job was providing shoe shines for 10 cents on the street corners of downtown Martinsburg.  Mr. Taylor has been working ever since.  He has had a full military career in the United States Air Force.  Mr. Taylor experienced the Alaskan earthquake and took awesome photos of the extensive damage.  Some of those photos are in tis book.  Mr. Taylor''s second career was as a very successful Euntrepernuar and this career provided him the opportunity to be a self-made millionaire.

During his young adult life, Mr. Taylor learned to be a very talented card shark and became so good at cheating that he made thousands of dollars througout his lifetime.  He still plays poker but cheating is a thing of the past as he is older now and slower, too.

Mr. Taylor was married to his beautiful mexican wife, Louise, for 52 years before the Lord took her home October 2001.  Mr. Taylor also has two very successful children.

This book is the first time attempt by Mr. Taylor.  The motivation for this book was to share his lifetime experiences with the reader and enlighten them on what really goes on behind the scenes in the military.