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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jul 11, 2020, 12:59 PM Jul 2020

On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.

To Kill a Mockingbird


First edition cover – late printing

Author: Harper Lee
Published: July 11, 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in high schools and middle schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.

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On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP
I read it that year. The librarian in my small town MineralMan Jul 2020 #1
My cat, Atticus, appreciates the reminder. Hoyt Jul 2020 #2

MineralMan

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1. I read it that year. The librarian in my small town
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:12 PM
Jul 2020

thought I would like it, and let me know when it came in. I was the first person to check it out.

It was one of the things that woke me up to racism, at age 15. Many thanks to that local librarian, who was good about recommending books for me to read. Nice guy!

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