![]() ![]() ![]() “To Kill A Mockingbird: the Great American Novel” will be open to the public on Wednesday, July 8, featuring a variety of of rare signed first editions, letters and original drawings by Harper Lee. To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee 1960 (First Edition- 1st BCE with DJ) - Truman Capote Photo of Lee on back dust jacket Rare antique books. Despite her editors’ warnings that the book might not sell well, it quickly became a sensation, bringing acclaim to Lee in literary circles, in her hometown of Monroeville, and throughout Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. ![]() Appointed to defend him, Atticus Finch establishes Robinson’s innocence and a devious plot to convict him by a local white couple. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. ![]() The story, told by the six-year-old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, takes place between 19 and follows the story of a local black man, Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a young white woman. First edition of to Kill a Mockingbrid inscribed by Harper Lee to her good friend and neighbor Liquouri Britainīased on Lee’s own experiences growing up in the Deep South, the primary themes of the novel involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence with Atticus Finch, the narrator’s father, serving as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. ![]()
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