NMLP P-000648 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Searchers

Alan Le May · Harper & Brothers · 1954

The US Harper first is the true first; the source novel for one of the most celebrated Westerns ever filmed, which drives its collectibility.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000648 for "The Searchers" by Alan Le May (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000648, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).