NMLP P-032674 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Wallace Stegner · Duell, Sloan and Pearce · 1943

US Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1943 is the true first. Stegner's breakthrough autobiographical novel. Firsts in the original jacket are scarce because of wartime production. A UK edition followed.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032674 for "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Wallace Stegner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032674, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).