M&D Deep Duck Where are all the children?

[Joseph Tracy]

a valid point  but the large families may not have been the ones cashing in on economic growth.  

On Jan 22, 2015, at 6:30 AM, alice malice wrote:

> Wade warns Wicks against Juvenile Rampage. We begin with the children,
> the Twins and their Sister, coming in from the snowball fight, the
> snowballs have flown and starred the outbuildings, their carefree
> assault upon the kitchen, then ensconced, busied with quiet knitting
> and sweets, they aim their Juvenile snowballs at their uncle, she with
> her flouting flirtations, the boys with clever jibes, a cup of brew to
> agitate. We learn that friends of the children often gather here to
> hear Uncle, but none are present.
> 
> Where is the great brood?
> 
> In 1786 the average family would have 7 or 8 children.
> 
> We've touched on the economy. The triangle was noted, but what drove
> the economy's enormous growth was population explosion.
> 
> Pynchon's family here seems more like the Simpsons than one we would
> find in Philadelphia in 1786.
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