NMLP P-037117 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson · Houghton Mifflin (Boston) · 1962

US Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1962 is the true first, preceding the UK Hamish Hamilton edition. The text first appeared serialized in The New Yorker in June 1962 (three parts) before book publication; the Houghton Mifflin volume is the first appearance in book form.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037117 for "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037117, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).