NMLP P-013702 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Lost Get-Back Boogie
James Lee Burke · Louisiana State University Press · 1986
US LSU Press hardcover is the true first; Burke's much-rejected novel (reportedly over one hundred rejections, commonly cited as 111) finally published in 1986 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013702 for "The Lost Get-Back Boogie" by James Lee Burke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013702, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).