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

[s~Z]

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

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

Whatever that source was that Dave posted recently.

>>>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.<<<

No. I believe imagination plays a role in everything.