NMLP P-033684 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Big Heat

William P. McGivern · Dodd, Mead (hardcover, 1953); Pocket Books (paperback) · 1953

Listed here only to flag that despite its noir/pulp reputation it had a hardcover first; the Pocket Books paperback is a later reprint, not the first

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-033684 for "The Big Heat" by William P. McGivern (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033684, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).