Harper Lee, Author ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89

[Jumpinjack]

Harper Lee, whose first novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 10 million copies and became one of the most beloved and most taught works of fiction ever written by an American, died on Friday in Monroeville, Ala., where she lived. She was 89.

Her book has been called a classic but I believe it was more than a classic piece of fiction. It was an element for change in America.

[ProjectMaximus]

That is one longass sentence you quoted. Followed by a very short one.

I heard an interview with her on NPR...amazing how she got her start. Was definitely one of my favorite books from the grade school years.

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"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough."