At the time "Freewheelin'" was released, I believe that Bob was still getting away with his self-created-myth autobio, at least in part. A little earlier, his BS was being accepted even more easily. Some of the early newspaper and magazine articles and reviews included in Suze's book describe Bob as "from Gallup New Mexico" and pass along other such fabrications.

(Copies of complete stories appear as illustrations in the book; there are few if any quotes in the actual text. The articles, reviews, magazine covers, posters, etc., are not especially easy to read, but it's possible to read them, and they are generally presented in complete form.)

I don't remember how long it took me to learn that Bob Dylan was really from Hibbing MN and that he was really Bob Zimmerman. Probably an album or two, or even three, later than "Freewheelin'." Although I was very intersted and paying attention, I was young and had no privileged vantage point ~ i.e., not a Greenwich Village insider. I doubt that I learned the truth about Bob any sooner than any other interested member of the general public.