NMLP P-031056 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Secret Language of Snow

Terry Tempest Williams · Sierra Club / Pantheon · 1984

Williams's book-length debut, co-authored with her Teton Science School mentor Ted Major and recipient of a National Science Foundation Book Award; published the same year as Pieces of White Shell (Scribner, 1984). Identify the first by the 1984 Sierra Club/Pantheon imprint before the later printings (2nd, 4th, etc.).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031056 for "The Secret Language of Snow" by Terry Tempest Williams (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031056, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).