To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in the Deep South in the 1930s, in which a lawyer finds himself defending an innocent black man accused of raping a white girl.
Nelle Harper Lee is known for her Putltzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work. In 1999, it was voted Best Novel of the Century in a poll by Library Journal. Ms. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature in 2007. Her father was a lawyer who served in the Alabama state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate, Truman Capote. After completing To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee accompanied Capote to Holcomb, Kansas, to assist him in researching his bestselling book, In Cold Blood. Since publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee has granted very few requests for interviews or public appearances and has published no other novels.
SKU | GOR001204975 |
ISBN 13 | 9780330241182 |
ISBN 10 | 0330241184 |
Title | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Author | Harper Lee |
Condition | Very Good |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Year published | 1974-11-08 |
Number of pages | 285 |
Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize Novel Category 1961 |
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