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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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thanks for the heads up
 
 
In a message dated 5/25/2011 10:41:51 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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I  suggest you search other sources for the book.  A book I  reprinted,
written by a Civil War soldier, was listed on Amazon for over  $800.00 with 
a
statement it is a rare and scarce book.  I have 200 of  them in my garage 
and
they sell for $16.00.  Some people really are  opportunist.  It makes me
angry as we give all our proceeds to  preserve historical legacies...it
doesn't go in our pockets.

Keep  looking.
M. Preston

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:23 PM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Brent, thanks for that  recommendation.   I see that the cheapest  price 
for
> it  on Amazon is $75; the next is $148.   Interlibrary  loan time  !
>
> --Warren
>
>
> In a message dated  5/24/2011 11:14:36 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
>  [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> There is  a fine  book, even though its title is not very sexy, about the
> big  business  of salt production in the Kanawha Valley before the  Civil
> War: John E.  Stealey, III, The Antebellum Kanawha Salt  Business and
> Western Markets  (University of Kentucky Press,  1993).
>
> Brent Tarter
> Library of  Virginia
>  [log in to unmask]
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