The Boy Who Was Shanghaied
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The next morning, I found the police station, handed over my passport to a uniformed policeman, and asked for a pass to take the train to La Paz the next morning. A man in civilian clothes, who was standing next to the officer, said something to the officer. This man took my passport, looked at me suspiciously, and said to me that he was going to check me out with Interpol. I had a beard and fairly long hair touching my collar, and I guess to him I looked suspicious. He told me to come back later in the day. Being pleasant, I asked for my passport, because I didn’t want to walk the streets without it, besides our government does not want you to give up your passport to anyone. I didn’t care because he was a policeman, but what else could I do, so I asked him again for my passport explaining to him my government’s passport rules. He ignored me, turned around without saying another word and left the room. They had guns and I only had my brains and my feet, so there was nothing I could do but walk out and make sure I broke no Bolivian laws.
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Raised by his father during the depression, author Angelo J. Kaltsos chronicles memories from his childhood through his adult years of traveling and work in The Boy Who Was Shanghaied.
After his mother left the family when he was just eighteen months old, he and his older sister were raised by their father. Later, they were the subjects of a custody battle when their father’s ability to take care of them adequately was challenged by child services and he lost the court case. The children spent a year in an institution, a foster home, and then returned to their father, ultimately running away at the ages of fourteen (Angelo) and sixteen (his sister) to find a better life.
In a series of short stories, he talks about the jobs he held prior and post WW II, then his travels after his army tour.
The Boy Who Was Shanghaied is the true story of a young man who fought against very tough odds to build a successful life as an educator and researcher.
About the Author
Angelo J. Kaltsos is a retired top-secret electronics researcher and educator in Massachusetts and New Mexico. He conducted environmental research for the first flight to the moon and ethnological research on an Indian reservation. He has published a cookbook, true crime, historical fiction, and a memoir. He lives in rural Maine.