NMLP P-044832 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy · Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston · 1986

US Houghton Mifflin (Boston) 1986 is the true first and the collected first; the census cites a later UK Bantam edition, which is not independently confirmed here. US precedence is not in doubt.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044832 for "The Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044832, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).