NMLP P-013650 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Lay Down My Sword and Shield

James Lee Burke · Thomas Y. Crowell · 1971

The US Crowell edition of 1971 is the true first. This is the first Hackberry Holland novel and an early Burke title; genuinely scarce in the jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013650 for "Lay Down My Sword and Shield" by James Lee Burke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013650, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).