NMLP P-004188 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers · Houghton Mifflin · 1946

US Houghton Mifflin is the true first; the UK Cresset Press edition (1947) follows. The later stage-play adaptation is a separate publication.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004188 for "The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004188, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).