NMLP P-007687 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Brave Cowboy

Edward Abbey · Dodd, Mead · 1956

True first is the 1956 Dodd, Mead US edition, considered the scarcest of Abbey's novels. Basis for the 1962 film Lonely Are the Brave; later film-tie-in paperbacks are not firsts.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007687 for "The Brave Cowboy" by Edward Abbey (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007687, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).