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Where are you getting these numbers from? I remember one editor's advice (paraphrased): "Don't worry about it. We can always change the typesetting to get 200 pages out of it." Maybe genre writing has stricter rules. But I think of all an editor's considerations, wordcount is low down the list.
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I've not written anything set in that kind of time period, but it's an interesting issue. It's probably an insecurity anyone is bound to feel in the position you're in. I think it's possible to use narrative style to displace the focus on authenticity -- and I don't mean writing a 50s pastiche (the opposite, in fact). What I mean is, if the whole piece itself feels artfully constructed, then the referent of the piece (time, place, etc.) takes on less significance. But that's probably not helpful in most cases -- and really I think anyone who's close to a particular era/place/event will always hold deeply subjective views and memories of it which will never align with a particular text, and hence all historical fiction is probably unsatisfying to someone, so there's little you can do except arm yourself with your research, as you have done. Do you have anyone who can give you feedback on specifically the period details? The good thing about it being in living memory is that you can actually speak to people who lived it -- but probably the errors will only be found after the first draft.
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