NMLP P-019851 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Hondo

Louis L'Amour · Gold Medal Books / Fawcett (New York) · 1953

US Fawcett Gold Medal (1953) paperback original is the true first—there is no preceding hardcover. (The later Saturday Evening Post story 'The Gift of Cochise' is the source short story, a separate item.) Because it is a PBO, the Gold Medal printing code is the key; later printings add numbers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019851 for "Hondo" by Louis L'Amour (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019851, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).