MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver (Italics)

[Doug Millison]

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>If the historical record is credible, you don't have to imagine it.

By "historical record ", do you mean the Dixon family legend?

More generally, do you mean to say that "imagination" doesn't play a role
in the creation of the "historical record"?  Pynchon seems to be speaking
directly to this issue, in M&D as a whole, and in this particular incident.



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