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Articles - November - 2003 Issue

American Historical Fiction Chart

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Page 4, The Scribner 115 Index

Page 4, The Scribner 115 Index




American Historical FictionPrices Sixty-Five Years AgoInflation Adjusted to 2003
Alice of Old Vincennes., 1900 $75.00 $904.38
Aubert DuBayet, or The Two Sister Republics., 1882 $17.50 $211.02
Betty Zane., 1903 $25.00 $301.46
The Spy: A Tale of Neutral Ground., 1822 $85.00 $1024.96
Frederick de Algeroy, The Hero of Camden Plains., 1825 $45.00 $542.63
The Partisan. A Tale of the Revolution., 1825 $27.50 $331.61
Eveline Trevor. A Romance of the Revolution., 1843 $12.50 $150.73
Canolles: The Fortunes of a Partisan of ''81., 1877 $10.00 $120.58
Horse Shoe Robinson; A Tale of the Tory…, 1835 $42.50 $512.48
Eutaw. A Sequel to the Forayers., 1856 $7.50 $90.44
The Kinsmen: or, The Black Riders of Congaree., 1841 $35.00 $422.04
The Crossing., 1904 $5.00 $60.29
A Loyal Little Red-Coat., 1890 $4.00 $48.23
Saratoga. A Story of 1787., 1856 $17.50 $211.02
The Conqueror., 1902 $10.00 $120.58
The Last of the Forresters; or, Humors on…, 1856 $7.50 $90.44
The Maid of Maiden Lane., 1900 $4.00$48.23
Nick of the Woods, or, The Jibbenainosay., 1837 $125.00 $1507.30
The Conspirator., 1850 $7.50 $90.44
Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793., 1799 $125.00 $1507.30
The Pioneers: or, The Sources of the Susquehanna., 1823 $75.00 $904.38
The Forest Rangers; A Poetic Tale of the Western…, 1842 $12.50 $150.73
The Insurgents: An Historical Novel., 1835 $27.50 $331.61
Tonnewonte, or The Adopted Son of America., 1825-24 $100.00 $1205.85
Blennerhasset, or The Decrees of Fate., 1901 $2.00 $24.12
New Hope; or The Rescue. A Tale of the Great ...,1855 $12.50 $150.73
The Phantom of the Forest, 1867 $7.50$90.44
Leather Stocking and Silk; or Hunter John Myers ...,1854 $35.00$422.04
Legends of the West. The Harpe's Head ...1833 $35.00 $422.04

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