Book Two

Tommy Mack: Unsettled Years

Tommy Mack: Unsettled Years

Following the tumultuous years, as explained in Tommy Mack: An Appalachian Childhood, Myrtle Dixon moved her brood (the youngest seven of ten) to an apartment in the quiet suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. It was a time when hopes were high: hopes for a new life, a simpler and more peaceful life, a life free from the trauma of an alcoholic and abusive husband and father.

Tommy Mack: Unsettled Years, is a coming-of-age story about the trials of relocation to a strange town "upnorth." Tom's family lives through wonderful, strange, and hectic times when personal, family, and national issues seemed troubling and sometimes overwhelming. The conflicts and violence that had been so pervasive during Tom's early Appalachian childhood don't magically disappear, they just arrive in new forms. It seems - without question - it will take love, perseverance, and God’s graces, for the Dixons to enjoy good times and ultimately prosper as a family.

The second of four planned memoirs, Tommy Mack: Unsettled Years (346 pages) continues the exposition on a young man and his family’s nostalgic, sad, funny, and heartwarming struggle through puberty, poverty, delinquency, and abuse (1964-1976). Please note that some names and places mentioned in these books have been changed for privacy reasons.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION XIII
I. OUT OF APPALACHIA - 1964 1
Close Quarters 3
Getting Acquainted 9
Banished 14
Pedro 24
Killeen Days 32
Summer's End 38
II. NEWPORT - 1964-1968 49
10 Water Street 51
Baptism at Krebs 58
Sports and Other Explorations 73
Puppy Love 87
Skullduggery 102
III. THE PARK - 1968-1969 119
2 Schoolhouse Lane 121
A Hometown Review 131
Summer of ‘68 144
High School 157
Punks and Delinquency 168
Summer of ‘69 195
IV. ELSMERE - 1969-1971 215
5 Rodman Road 217
Compounding Issues 223
My Summer of Discontent 228
Senior and Other Graduations 237
Shenanigans 251
V. COLLEGE DAYS - 1971-1973 261
Leaving Home 263
Mother's Choice 272
VI. DESTINY’S DOORSTEP - 1973-1974 277
Stepping Stones 279
The Hard Way 288
A Touch of Reality 301
EPILOGUE 307
Coming Home 309
Commitments 316
SOURCES OF REFERENCE 325
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 327
PHOTO DIRECTORY 328