NMLP P-010196 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

George Saunders · Random House · 1996

The US Random House hardcover is the true first; later UK and trade-paperback editions follow. The hardcover first of this debut collection is comparatively scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010196 for "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" by George Saunders (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010196, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).