MDDM Dixon's life remembered

[John Bailey]

>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: MDDM Dixon's life remembered Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:29:35 +1100
>

Thanks for this link, it makes a very fitting summation of Dixon's life as 
we near the end of M&D. However, as the second P-list posted link in a week 
or so to mention a namesake, I have to say I'm feeling very V...

" "To extinguish this," wrote his nephew and eyewitness John Bailey, in 
1810, "he struck at it with his hat. " at...

>http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/leisure/MEMORIES4.html
>
>best

Interesting that Pynchon's novel doesn't rate a mention. Considering that 
most of the events listed in this article make their way into the book, I 
wonder if the writer used it for source material, or whether Dixon's life 
was documented to the extent that these events form a standard lore.





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