To Kill A Mockingbird - West
Harper Lee
Monroeville County Heritage Museums - Harper Lee
Article about her new book - Go Set a Watchman
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Call Numbers: 921 LEE
Lexile: 1120L
- 2008. An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.
Call Numbers: FIC LEE
- 2015
"Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her.
Call Numbers: 813.54 HAR
c2007. - Copies: 1 of 1 available

Call Numbers: 345.761 BRI
1 of 1 available
- [2019] - Copies: Presents court documents and eyewitness accounts that looks at the Scottsboro case, in which nine young African-American men were arrested in Alabama in 1931, convicted of raping two white women, and freed years later.
To Kill A Mockingbird
A classic since its publication in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is now considered an essential part of the American literature curriculum. Harper Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her portrayal of the American South and the effects of intolerance. Drawing upon autobiographical elements of her life for her only novel, Lee tells the story of a young Alabama girl who learns her world is far more complex than she ever imagined.
Gonzalez, Chris. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
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