Hereros

[Rodney Perkins]

To my knowledge, Pynchon's narrative about the Hereros in GR is based on
historical facts. Steve Weisenburger's "A Gravity's Rainbow Companion" has
historical details.

>*** Resending note of 04/09/97 15:59
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>A non-M&D question if I may be so bold:
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>In both Gravity's Rainbow and V, Pynchon describes the genocide of
>the African Hereros people by the Germans.  Is there any truth in this
>narrative, beyond the known maltreatment of native peoples by colonial
>Europeans ?