JOHNNY TOM GLEESON: THE AUTHOR OF THE BOULD THADY QUILL

About the Book

THE SPARK FOR writing this book was generated during a personal search for my roots in County Cork, Ireland. My great-grandmother, Honora Gleeson, who was born near Rylane, Co. Cork, often talked to her grandchildren of her poetlballadeer first–cousin, Johnny Tom Gleeson. She knew him well as a child and teenager, having lived only a stone’s throw from his house.

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.”