NMLP P-000032 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Way West

A. B. Guthrie Jr. · William Sloane Associates · 1949

The US William Sloane Associates 1949 edition is the true first. The novel won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, so true first-issue jackets predate and do not mention any Pulitzer award.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000032 for "The Way West" by A. B. Guthrie Jr. (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000032, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).