NMLP P-044465 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures

John Updike · Harper & Brothers, New York · 1958

Structural note for grading, not identification: this slim verse volume has a notoriously weak binding and the text block frequently leans or cocks forward

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044465 for "The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044465, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).