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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 Fiction	Prices Sixty-Five Years Ago	Inflation 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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