NMLP P-032694 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Preacher and the Slave

Wallace Stegner · Houghton Mifflin Company · 1950

True first US novel. This 1950 title is the true first; the book was reissued in 1969 under the new title 'Joe Hill: A Biographical Novel.' Do not treat the 'Joe Hill' reissue as the first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032694 for "The Preacher and the Slave" by Wallace Stegner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032694, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).