Background
Dackawich, S. John was born on January 31, 1926 in Loch Gelley, West Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel and Estelle (Jablonski) Dackawich.
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The early phase of industrialization in America devestated many lives by what the author calls 'The Fiery Furnace Effect.' Not only were the initial participants affected, but much of the effect, through them, was carried over into the subsequent generation, and beyond in some cases. This novel focuses upon the intergenerational impact for two decades in the life of young Adam Vasilyevich, born out of wedlock in 1926 in the 'Loch Jean' coal camp of 'Paine County,' West Virginia. His early personal development, in what Borges would call his 'green Garden,' is detailed, as is the subsequent series of events that strip him of his human connections and even his identity. Then he is uprooted from his native soil, like a hickory sapling, and is banished into, for Adam, the urban wilderness of Detroit. There, he is abandoned by his mother, who was his last bond to his previous existence.For six years thereafter, Adam is increasingly demoralized and estranged from his life and from his own self. At that point, he is surely on a path toward a life of crime and self destruction, but a fortunate stroke of fate provides new opportunities for a meaningful and gratifying life. However, Adam has been beaten into a feckless, alienated condition for so long that it is highly problematic whether or not he can marshall any inner resources to take advantage of the new circumstances in Melville Township.
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Dackawich, S. John was born on January 31, 1926 in Loch Gelley, West Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel and Estelle (Jablonski) Dackawich.
Bachelor of Arts, University Maryland., 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, 1958.
Instructor, U. Colorado, 1955-1957; instructor, Colorado State University, 1957-1959; professor, chairman sociology, California State University, Long Beach, 1959-1970; professor sociology, California State University, Fresno, 1970-1994; department chairman, California State University, Fresno, 1970-1975; professor sociology emeritus, California State University, Fresno, since 1994. Private practice survey research, since 1962.
(The early phase of industrialization in America devestate...)
Member California Democratic Central Committee, 1960-1962. Co-director Long Beach Central Area Study, 1962-1964, Citizen Participation Study, Fresno. With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946, United States Army, 1950-1953.
Member American Sociological Association, Pacific Sociological Association.
Married Shirley Jean McVay, May 20, 1950. Children— Robert John, Nancy Joan.