According to Rothschild's Bank ...... sorry I mean the Federal Reserve tables
$80 in 1967 is equivalent to $495.63 in 2008 $3000 is $18586.20 So if you had invested in TRW no pension fund BUT had you invested in MBW well you would have a nice nest egg ......... If only we knew then what we know now .............. :-) David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Homeporter Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:58 AM To: ChurchillChat Subject: [ChurchillChat] the river war I know Churchill was a young man in a hurry but why are we? I saw my first copy of The River War at Dawson's Rare Book store in Los Angeles in 1967. Phillip Townsend Sommerville was the bookman and the ratty copy was only $80! But I was only 17 and that was a lot of money in those days. I'd been acquiring Churchill books to read for two years at that point. I really wanted a copy of TRW 2-vol edition but I knew I'd have to be patient. Phillip also showed me a copy of Mr. Brodrick's Army that was going for $3000 at the time. Well spin the clock forward. I acquired a facsimile copy of MBA by ICS Dalton Newfield for $15 or so in 1979. I, for one, am looking forward to Jim Muller's edition (that I call the Langworth edition in a short story I wrote called The Dream decades ago). Jim is a genuine Churchill scholar and he will get the best stuff to the publisher. I have great confidence in him! BTW you can get the River War at various libraries. I looked at a copy at the UCLA Library Rare Room in 1968 and actually checked out a copy to take home from the Naval War College Library in 1979. Perhaps Churchill summed this all up in 1952, "We must not lose patience, and we must not lose hope." Larry Kryske, Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.) www.YourFinestHour.com [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
