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dixiegrrrrl

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Fri Jul 10, 2015, 05:15 AM Jul 2015

1st chapter of Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee published in the Guardian [View all]

Her description of "Maycomb and Maycomb County" are accurate, and she uses real names in listing the towns on the railroad line, except for Maycomb of course.


Pls.keep kicked for the day shift....

http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2015/jul/10/go-set-a-watchman-read-the-first-chapter

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K&R demmiblue Jul 2015 #1
Interesting oberliner Jul 2015 #2
The editors agreed edhopper Jul 2015 #3
Reading some of the early reviews... pamela Jul 2015 #4
What a great title... Octafish Jul 2015 #5
She, her sister and indeed all her family are good people, as they say down here. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #6
Based on the reviews I've read Ex Lurker Jul 2015 #7
I know what you are referencing dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #8
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