But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice. Writing through the young eyes of Finch's children Scout and Jem, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in small-town Alabama during the mid-1930s Depression years. Lawyer Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father - a crusading local lawyer - risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the United States. It’s a classic book full of life lessons for all ages and children like Scout do have important things to say to us all.American fiction (fictional works by one author), ” Well, we all have known exactly what kind of book “To Kill a Mockingbird” has always been. Famously, Flannery O’Connor called Lee’s novel “a child’s book” and remarked: “it’s interesting that all the folks that are buying it don’t know they’re reading a child’s book. Michener, Henry Miller and John le Carré ruled the day. “Mockingbird” was a young girl’s coming-of-age story written by an unknown woman set loose in a world of best-selling man’s fiction in the early 1960s: J.D. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was released in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. Stated First Edition, First Printing Signed by Harper Lee on the Front Free.
To put it another way, what she wanted with all her being, was to write - not merely to be a writer.” SIGNED To Kill a Mockingbird HARPER LEE First Edition 1st Printing 1960. as I grew to know her better I came to believe that the cause lay in an innate humility and a deep respect for the writing. Charles Shields notes in his book “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee” that Lee’s lead editor, Theresa von Hohoff, made a commitment to nurture Lee’s abilities: “.
The editors at Lippincott, who had not had a bestseller in years, sent Lee back to her writing desk.
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