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To Kill a Mockingbird
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| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Historical Context |
| About the Author |
| Other Works/Adaptations |
| Discussion Questions |
| Additional Resources |
| Credits |
| Teacher's Guide |
Other works by Harper Lee
In the 1960s, Lee published three essays in American magazines, which can be read at Jane Kansas' To Kill a Mockingbird Web site. Lee published her fourth essay in 1985, originally presented as a paper at the 1983 Alabama History and Heritage Festival.
"Christmas to Me." McCalls 89 (December 1961): 63.
"Love-In Other Words." Vogue 137 (15 April 1961): 64-5.
"When Children Discover America." McCalls 92 (August 1965): 76-9.
"Romance and High Adventure." Clearings in the Thicket: An Alabama Humanities Reader. Ed. Jerry Elijah Brown. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985. 13-20.
Interviews with Harper Lee
In the early 1960s, Lee gave many interviews before she chose to step out of the public eye. One of them was first published in Roy Newquist's book, Counterpoint, another in Rogue magazine. Both can also be found on Jane Kansas' To Kill a Mockingbird Web site
Books about Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
Bloom, Harold, ed. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996.
Johnson, Claudia Durst. To Kill a Mockingbird: Threatening Boundaries. New York: Twayne, 1994.
Shields, Charles J. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. New York: Henry Holt, 2006.
"Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent."
-Harper Lee
from a 1964 interview
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