NMLP P-015599 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Coming into the Country
John McPhee · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York) · 1977
US Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1977) is the true first—McPhee's landmark Alaska book. FSG's 'First printing, 1977' statement (removed on later printings) is the decisive point.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015599 for "Coming into the Country" by John McPhee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015599, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).