NMLP P-015153 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Executioners (filmed as Cape Fear)

John D. MacDonald · Simon & Schuster · 1958

The US Simon & Schuster hardcover is the true first; the story was later reissued in paperback under the title Cape Fear.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015153 for "The Executioners (filmed as Cape Fear)" by John D. MacDonald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015153, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).