AtdTDA: [38] p. 1083 " Look at 'em down there."

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:07 PM,  <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

>          "LOOK AT 'EM down there."
>
>          "All that light." "All that dancing."
>          The Garcons de '71 were having their annual convention in Paris.
>
> A useful cross reference from the Pynchon Wiki:
>
>          During the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War,
>          1870-1871, balloons were manufactured within railroad
>          stations in Paris. The balloons were used to get mail
>          and passengers out of Paris.
>
> http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/military_balloons_in_Europe/LTA4G2.htm

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