![]() ![]() ![]() The purpose of charting the sky is to make it easier for British ships to navigate the seas. They are charting the Transit of Venus from different parts of the world. He admits that he wasn’t at the meeting, but he believes the story told to him by Mason and Dixon.Ĭherrycoke learns that the men are astronomers. Cherrycoke begins by describing the iconic first meeting between these two men back in Portsmouth, England, in 1761. Cherrycoke tells them the story of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon who are responsible for the Mason-Dixon line, a boundary that they drew up just before the American War of Independence. His young nephews, bored with listening to the adults talk, ask Cherrycoke to tell them a story with battles and heroic men. Wicks Cherrycoke, is spending the night at his sister’s house, where he plans to entertain his family with stories and anecdotes. The book opens on a December night in Philadelphia in 1786. A highly elusive man, his physical whereabouts are unknown. Pynchon, best known for his complex, elaborate, and imaginative novels, especially his 1966 novel, The Crying of Lot 49, also writes nonfiction and short stories. ![]() Winning the New York Times Best Book of the Year in 1997, Mason & Dixon received a warm critical reception. With fantasy elements, Thomas Pynchon’s epic historical novel, Mason & Dixon (1997), is a retelling of how British surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon established the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. ![]()
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