Editor’s note: This event has been canceled due to sickness.

GREENE — 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.” The public is invited to hear the author discuss this book at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Sawyer Memorial.

After his mother left the family when he was just 18 months old, Kaltsos 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 14 (Angelo) and 16 (his sister) to find a better life.

In a series of short stories, he talks about the jobs he held prior and post WWII, then his travels after his army tour.

is the true story of a young man who fought against very tough odds to build a successful life as an educator and researcher.

Kaltsos retired from his work as a 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 memoir. He lives in rural Maine.