NMLP P-027497 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

They Were Strong and Good

Robert Lawson · The Viking Press · 1940

US true first is the 1940 Viking issue with the 'First Published September 1940' copyright statement. Later editions softened the racial text, but the collectible first is the 1940 first printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-027497 for "They Were Strong and Good" by Robert Lawson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-027497, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).