NMLP P-006772 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Fugitive Pigeon

Donald E. Westlake · Random House · 1965

The US Random House hardcover is the true first. The UK edition (Boardman, 1966, with a Denis McLoughlin cover) followed and is not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-006772 for "The Fugitive Pigeon" by Donald E. Westlake (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006772, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).