Rene' B. Vesery

A Passport to America Rene' B. Vesery

"A Passport to America" begins in October of 1914 and encompasses a five year journey from Jacques' home in Switzerland to the Ukraine and eventually to America. Jacques' family business was importing wheat from the Ukraine and after the death of his father, Jacques was obliged to travel to Kiev on business. While in Kiev, he met Irena, a Georgian girl with azure blue eyes. Because of his attraction to her, he extended his stay in Kiev and that placed him there at the beginning of the Russian Revolution. The chaos forced him to travel many kilometers and put him in numerous situations of danger before he could escape Russia and immigrate to America.