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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Jul 11, 2024, 05:23 AM Jul 2024

On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.

To Kill a Mockingbird


First edition cover – late printing

Author: Harper Lee
Published: July 11, 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in high schools and middle schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.

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On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 OP
Thank you for this! HeartsCanHope Jul 2024 #1

HeartsCanHope

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1. Thank you for this!
Thu Jul 11, 2024, 05:42 AM
Jul 2024

I love this book. Have read it every couple of years since I was in junior high. Gregory Peck was so good in the movie! One of the few movies I felt was worthy of the book, (though I always think the book is better.)
Have a great day and take care!

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