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Articles - November - 2003 Issue

American Historical Fiction Chart

- by Bruce E. McKinney

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American Historical Fiction	Prices Sixty-Five Years Ago	Inflation Adjusted to 2003
The Crisis., 1901	$5.00	$60.29
Roebuck., 1866	$10.00	$120.58
John Brown's Body., 1928	$100.00	$1205.84
The Copperhead and Other Stories of the North., 1894	$4.00	$48.23
The Battle-Ground., 1902	$4.00	$48.23
The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army., 1868	$4.00	$48.23
Tom and Joe. Two Farm Boys in War and Peace., 1890	$6.00	$72.35
The Guns of Bull Run., 1914	$6.50	$78.38
Daisy Swain, The Flower of Shenandoah., 1865	$2.50	$30.15
The Little Regiment and Other Episodes…, 1896	$20.00	$241.17
The Long Roll., 1911	$17.50	$211.02
Down in Tennessee and Back by way of Richmond., 1864	$6.00	$72.35
Marching On., 1927	$4.50	$54.26
Hammer and Rapier., 1871	$15.00	$180.88
Surry of Eagle's-Nest; or The Memoirs of a Staff-…, 1866	$60.00	$723.50
Marsena and Other Stories of the Wartime., 1894	$7.50	$90.44
For Life and Liberty., 1896	$2.00	$24.12
The Guns of Shiloh., 1914	$6.50	$78.38
The Scouts of Stonewall., 1914	$6.50	$78.38
The Sword of Antietam., 1914	$6.50	$78.38
Cease Firing., 1912	$17.50	$211.02
The Red Badge of Courage	$250.00	$3014.60
Vicksburg., 1880	$4.00	$48.23
The Sleeping Sentinel., 1863	$35.00	$422.04
The Thinking Bayonet., 1865	$3.50	$42.20
Ilian; or, The Curse of the Old South Church of Boston., 1888	$7.50	$90.44
Coniston., 1906	$5.00	$60.29
Behind the Scenes; or Thirty Years a Slave,…1868	$10.00	$120.58
Gone with the Wind., 1936	$25.00	$301.46
The Clansman. An Historical Romance of the…, 1905	$3.50	$42.20
Bricks Without Straw., 1880	$12.50	$150.73
A Fool's Errand by One of the Fools., 1879	$12.50	$150.73
The Leopard's Spots., 1904	$3.50	$42.20
The Outcast Warrior., 1905	$4.50	$54.26
The Great Sioux Trail., 1918	$6.50	$78.38
The Traitor. A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire., 1907	$3.50	$42.20
Barriers Burned Away., 1872	$37.50	$452.19
"Laramie"; or, The Queen of Bedlam., 1884	$8.50	$102.50
The Story of Fort Frayne., 1895	$4.00	$48.23
The Rose Dawn., 1920	$3.50	$42.20
Cimarron., 1930	$35.00	$422.04
Forward March., 1899	$2.00	$24.12
Total	$6725.00	$81066.67

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