NMLP P-028428 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Moving Target

Ross Macdonald (as John Macdonald) · Alfred A. Knopf · 1949

US Knopf (1949) precedes the UK Cassell edition (1951). Because John D. MacDonald objected to confusion over the name, later Archer titles appeared as 'John Ross Macdonald' before settling on 'Ross Macdonald'; this first book used 'John Macdonald' only.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028428 for "The Moving Target" by Ross Macdonald (as John Macdonald) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028428, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).