NMLP P-005785 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam · Random House · 1972

The US Random House edition is the true first and precedes the UK (Barrie & Jenkins) edition. The 2001 Modern Library edition with a new introduction is a first thus.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005785 for "The Best and the Brightest" by David Halberstam (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005785, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).