The Meritorious Price Of Our Redemption

[Paul Mackin]

On May 30, 2006, at 6:10 PM, jd wrote:

> OK, I think the joke finally got through my thick skull.

It was an excellent joke, very topical.

Which reminds me, while we're on William Pynchon, I'm sure everyone  
remembers  a few weeks ago that post
to the p-list which probably started up the Jackson thread.  I didn't  
say anything at the time but the
name  of the alleged school chum of Jackson was Kelly Hathorne, which  
corresponds to a name supposedly
connected in history to Pynchon (William, not Thomas). Don't know if  
it's come up lately but one of the magistrates at William Pynchon;s  
trial is thought to have been a William Hathorne, a forbearer of  
Nathanael Hawthorne, and one
of two of the magistrate who voted against burning the book.   Later  
Hathorne's son John got into a dispute with Pynchon
and some kind a family curse ensued. A present day descendent of  
Hathorne (with a different name) tells the story.

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.01.98/cover/lit- 
pynchon-9839.html

Anyway.

Pure coincidence I'm sure.




>
> On 5/30/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Apparently, someone happened upon it on MySpace and sent a  
>> concerned e-mail to TRP, prompting its removal.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>> >Sent: May 30, 2006 2:59 PM
>> >To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> >Subject: The Meritorious Price Of Our Redemption
>> >
>> >The talk of the Tinasky letters (as well as one of the essays Otto
>> >posted) made me suddenly remember this - The Meritorious Price Of  
>> Our
>> >Redemption, by William Pynchon.  I poked around but it looks like
>> >you're looking at paying at least $100 for a copy.
>> >
>> >Has anyone ever found a copy online, or perhaps a cheaper copy?  I'm
>> >surprised this isn't in at least a slightly more accessible form
>> >considering the link to a great American writer.
>>
>>

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