Feel the Magic! (ePub)

Bill Soisson did his undergraduate work at Notre Dame University, where he learned that the school’s nickname, The Fighting Irish, is well-earned. Many of the students were, like Bill, of Irish descent. But, unlike Soisson, many of those were so proud of their blood that they could sometimes be insufferable. Even though three of his grandparents were fully Irish, and even though Bill had attended wakes ’n’ weddin’s in his younger years, he couldn’t quite get the hang of thinking, as did his friend Art Cody, that “The Irish are the best people in the world. No, I don’t have to explain why this is so, it’s simply a self-evident fact. The Irish are the best people in the world.”

Leaving such professional Irishness behind, Bill acquired a JD degree from Dickinson School of Law, practiced trial law for a while, then spent three-and-a half years in the African country of Malawi, where he was chairman of the English department and headmaster of a secondary school. Following that, he taught legal and sociological studies at the Pennsylvania State University, was faculty at the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s School, and did investigative work for the army, including such things as heading the Agent Orange inquiries. As a reserve, he liked the challenge of work that took him to many parts of the world.

All through his immensely varied life, writing has been Bill Soisson’s abiding passion. “It seems that ever since birth I’ve had a pen in my hand,” he says. “Before I said my first word, I wrote it down and checked the spelling.” He has published numerous law review articles in addition to undergraduate essays. A long series of articles on African culture was extremely well-received. His 1,100 page study of Egyptian culture is still in use somewhere in the Pentagon. So is his most bureaucratic product, the massive United States Army Claims Manual. A number of his commentaries on various social issues have been greeted by such praise as “terribly incisive,”

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