NMLP P-028456 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Way Some People Die
Ross Macdonald (as John Ross Macdonald) · Alfred A. Knopf · 1951
The US Knopf edition is the true first. The book was bylined John Ross Macdonald, the pseudonym Kenneth Millar used for this and the following novels to separate them from the popular John D. MacDonald.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028456 for "The Way Some People Die" by Ross Macdonald (as John Ross Macdonald) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028456, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).