NMLP P-008631 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Close to Home

Erskine Caldwell · Farrar, Straus and Cudahy · 1962

US first edition, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1962, is the true first. A Heinemann edition (London, Melbourne and Toronto) also appeared in 1962; both are 1962 firsts in their respective markets, with the New York issue standing as the primary first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-008631 for "Close to Home" by Erskine Caldwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008631, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).