NMLP P-037100 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen · The Viking Press · 1978

US Viking (New York) is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed in 1979. The book won the 1979 National Book Award for Contemporary Thought and a 1980 National Book Award in the paperback category.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037100 for "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Matthiessen (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037100, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).