RE: AtDDtA1: Garçons de '71

[David Brodeur]

> Penny said, 'and you remember those Garçons de 71, I expect.' ..."
> (AtD, Pt. I, Ch. 2, p. 19)

And a few sentences later, "When the siege ended, these balloonists chose to
fly on, free of the political delusions that reigned more than ever on the
ground". I took the Garçons de 71 as a reference to the Paris Commune, and
another part of the anarchist theme.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune>