NMLP P-029356 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Stephen Crane · D. Appleton & Co. (New York) — US; William Heinemann (London) — UK · 1895
The US Appleton edition is the true first (1895); the London Heinemann edition followed. The 1895 Appleton text is the first published text (shorter than the longer manuscript version later reconstructed).
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029356 for "The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War" by Stephen Crane (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029356, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).