Gilligan's Wake by Tom Carson

Gilligan's Wake by Tom Carson

In this kaleidoscopic fantasy, seven uniquely familiar narrators recall the last American century. An old salt shares his memories of fellow PT-boat skipper Jack Kennedy. A New York millionaire gets Alger Hiss a job. An ex-debutante reveals her Jazz Age friendship with The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan. A Dixie redhead dishes up the inside scoop on the Rat Pack. A scientist confesses to his part in every event from Los Alamos to Watergate. And Mary-Ann Kilroy of Russell, Kansas finds romance in Paris before learning why she'll never leave the island. But behind them lurks the man who keeps insisting that his name isn't Gilligan--and who's inventing this brilliant, poignant comic collage for reasons of his own.

Normal 0 false false false As an undergraduate student studying electrical engineering, Tom Carson's first teaching experience was teaching guitar. That encounter made him realize that teaching is his genuine gift and passion. At the University of South Carolina, he received his MAT in mathematics. Tom has served on the faculty council and the board of the South Carolina Association of Developmental Educators (SCADE) in addition to teaching at Midlands Technical College, Columbia State Community College, and Franklin Classical School. Tom continues to teach outside the classroom by giving talks at conferences including NADE, AMATYC, and ICTCM on themes like combating innumeracy, writing in mathematics, and implementing a study system.