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County Reads 2011

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. More about the title...

About the Author

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama, which produced two world-renowned authors in the same generation. Harper Lee was the grade school classmate of the young Truman Capote, with whom she maintained a friendship well into adulthood. More about Harper Lee...

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Historical Context

To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960, a time of tumultuous events and racial strife as the struggle in the Civil Rights movement grew violent and spread into cities across the nation. Read more about the historical context.