NMLP P-044730 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1993
US Knopf 1993 is the true first (NBCC Award winner); the UK Serpent's Tail edition follows (c. 1994) and is not the first. US precedes.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044730 for "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044730, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).