The Curious Pilgrim

About the Book

A boy born in the depression, given low odds upon surviving birth, was declared brain-damaged, yet despite the doctor’s predictions, the boy survived. These are the travels and trials of a frightened boy who ran away from an orphanage, seemingly pursued by an invisible terror, and who found his way through the frozen streets of a cold, unforgiving winter. In northern New York, a boy who was rejected and considered an outcast by many family members was to survive the odds placed against him. Yet time after time, Gary survived and was seemingly protected by another unseen force. Gary lacked money and work skills and thus ill-fitting clothes on his back. Gary began to search but for what, where, or when? This is his story.

About the Author

Alvan St. Jacques was raised in Amsterdam, New York, along the historic Mohawk River noted for its tales of the American Revolution. He has received his degree in psychology from Ashford University. He also holds a degree in laboratory science from Almeda University. He and his wife live in sunny Florida with their cats and a Labrador retriever, who thinks he is a grandfather to a litter of kittens. St. Jacques’s travels had taken him from the days of the depression to the Indian Reservation in the Dakotas, the streets of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, to the Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain, and to the frozen lands of Antarctica. He is currently working on a master’s degree in education.