Back to the roots! (or: new novel, good old Adams)

[davemarc]

I think Kai could be on to something here....

d.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <kflorentzen at web.de>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:41 AM
Subject: Back to the roots! (or: new novel, good old Adams)


> 
> The twentysecond (!) chapter of "The Education of Henry Adams" 
> is 
> titled:
> 
> "Chicago (1893)". 
> 
> In there it says: "Chicago asked in 1893 for the first time the 
> question whether the American people knew where they were
> driving. Adams answered, for one, that he did not know, but
> would try to find out" ....