Trials and Transformations: Memoir II

About the Book

This memoir is a domestic follow-up to my book Travels and Tribulations: A Memoir, which is a collection of short stories based on my adventures and observations from extensive foreign travel. This book is a collection of short stories about domestic adventures and observations in the process of growing up in the Midwest. Some people think my growing up has yet to happen. These stories are true, some with a few minor embellishments to improve the flow. Some names have been changed to protect the guilty. They are in chronological order but are not tied to a theme nor do they cover year-to-year happenings. They are memorable events that I think a reader might find interesting or humorous. These are the kinds of events that make life what it is.

About the Author

Dr. James Chisman is a retired industrial engineering professor from Clemson University. His publications include a biography of an obscure Irish poet, Johnny Tom Gleeson, a Civil War memoir, 76th Regiment, Keystone Zouaves, two textbooks on simulation modeling, one published by Prentice Hall, and many articles in technical and nontechnical magazines. He wrote and produced in Cork, Ireland a narrated musical song and dance revue based on Victor Herbert’s life and music. He also has done productivity consulting work here and abroad. He has travelled to 78 countries and has lived in six of them. This book was researched and written while he was a Fulbright Fellow to Ireland. He recently published a children’s book through Xlibris : “Bullette and Jessica” and “ Travels and Tribulations.”