NMLP P-044639 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Hunters

James Salter · Harper & Brothers (New York) · 1956

US Harper & Brothers (New York), 1956 is the true first — this CORRECTS the census's '1957.' UK first: William Heinemann, London, 1957 (published 20 May 1957, jacket by Mudge Marriott). Separately, the 1997 Counterpoint (Washington, DC) edition is a REVISED text — Salter changed the protagonist's surname from Cleve Saville to Cleve Connell and corrected errors — so it is 'first thus,' not a reprint of the 1956 text (this part of the census note is correct).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044639 for "The Hunters" by James Salter (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044639, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).