To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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About this book
Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the Deep South defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- William a Thomas Braille
- Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781569564424
- Language
- en
- Editions
- 237
About Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist. She wrote the 1960 novel *To Kill a Mockingbird* that won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. Lee received numerous accolades and honorary degrees, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 which was awarded for her contribution to literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book *In Cold Blood* (1966). Capote was the basis for the character Dill Harris in *To Kill a Mockingbird.*
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