Atd (37) p. 1041. Erie Line, 'home', Lincolnwood, fascism and a pink tab

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

          David Payne:
          If you haven't read Foreman’s “Historical Documents 
          Relating to Mason & Dixon” (2005), you should.

I'd love to, but access is limited---how do people get away with 
these insane prices for "Pynchon Industry" books anyway? 

My own little excursions traversing the web delivered "The Diary 
of William Pynchon of Salem: A Picture of Salem Life, Social and ... " 
by William Pynchon, born some generations later than the William 
Pynchon/Slothrop of Meritorious Price/On Preterition fame.

http://tinyurl.com/6a5x2j

Jumping into William Pynchon [of Salem]'s diary, one clearly scryes
a primary source of inspiration for Mason & Dixon.

George M. Pynchon's Meritorious exploits as Captain of the Istalena 
are set down in the lead sporting articles that the New York Times 
published during the years explored in Against the Day. These puff-
pieces left their mark on Against the Day. The voice of the narrator 
of the Chums of Chance episodes shares a number of narratorial 
quirks with the NYT authors/editors. The adventures of Pynch-co. 
are in the background nearly constantly in Against the Day—this is
notable in the particular focus on the sorts of holdings Pynchon & 
Company invested in: Electric Lights, Railways, Radio, Sound on 
Film and other technologically driven enterprises. All these things
left their mark on the writing much as the Times of London left its
mark on Gravity's Rainbow.

http://tinyurl.com/6cdadk