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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
13. That I had not heard
Fri Jan 16, 2015, 05:52 PM
Jan 2015


edit: Sounds like an urban legend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird#Rumors_of_authorship_by_Truman_Capote

Lee's childhood friend, author Truman Capote, wrote on the dust jacket of the first edition, "Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life, and the warmest, most authentic sense of humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable." This comment has been construed to suggest that Capote wrote the book or edited it heavily. In 2003, a Tuscaloosa newspaper quoted Capote's biological father, Archulus Persons, as claiming that Capote had written "almost all" of the book. In 2006, a Capote letter was donated to Monroeville's literary heritage museum; in a letter to a neighbor in Monroeville in 1959, Capote mentioned that Lee was writing a book that was to be published soon. Extensive notes between Lee and her editor at Lippincott also refute the rumor of Capote's authorship. Lee's older sister, Alice, has responded to the rumor, saying: "That's the biggest lie ever told."
Me too shenmue Jan 2015 #1
I believe jehop61 Jan 2015 #2
I believe you are correct KamaAina Jan 2015 #4
In Cold Blood edhopper Jan 2015 #3
She went to Kansas and helped Truman Capote research 'In Cold Blood.' Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #5
Researching jehop61 Jan 2015 #7
I wasn't suggesting that it was a book of hers. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #8
For the writing, story and themes, "To Kill a Mockingbird". . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #6
My cat is named Atticus. Hoyt Jan 2015 #9
As is a wonderful bookstore in New Haven. KamaAina Jan 2015 #11
To Kill A Mockingbird KMOD Jan 2015 #10
Not too many choices. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2015 #12
That I had not heard KamaAina Jan 2015 #13
It's probably just some ugly gossip with no proof. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2015 #14
The best assault weapons for killing mockingbirds... lame54 Jan 2015 #15
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