Sec: Accuracy of reference source

[Ellen Fisher <EFisher610@AOL.COM>]

Earlier this year I bought "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-1999" from Grey House
Publishing.  Students have used it for various authentic history projects
using prices of things in specific years.  Now, the same publisher (even the
same editor) is offering "Working Americans, 1880-1999, Volume I: The Working
Class" and I am trying to decide whether to keep it or return it.  My problem
in deciding is that it contains some information that looks very valuable and
other information that looks misleading or maybe even inaccurate.  It makes
me wonder whether the same kind of problems occur in "The Value of a Dollar"
and I just didn't catch them.  Have any of you had any experience with these
books or this publisher?  Do any of you have any advice about whether to
reject the whole source because one part is misleading / poorly labeled / not
labeled?   Does anyone know of another source that would give specific
information about family life in the US during the period 1850-1999 (or any
part of that period)?  Thanks for any advice.

Ellen Fisher, Librarian
Radnor HS, Radnor PA
efisher610@aol.com

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