NMLP P-018345 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Paco's Story

Larry Heinemann · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 1986

The US Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover of 1986 is the true first; it won the 1987 National Book Award for Fiction, taking the award over Toni Morrison's Beloved.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018345 for "Paco's Story" by Larry Heinemann (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018345, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).