Countdown to Go Set a Watchman: A Celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird, Sampler

by Harper Lee

Genres: Classics, Fiction

92 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). Her second and final novel, Go Set a Watchman, was an earlier draft of Mockingbird, set at a later date, that was published in July 2015 as a sequel.
The plot and characters of To Kill a Mockingbird are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family and neighbors in Monroeville, Alabama, as well as a childhood event that occurred near her hometown in 1936. The novel deals with racist attitudes, the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s, as depicted through the eyes of two children.
Lee received numerous accolades and honorary degrees, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, which was awarded for her contribution to literature.

Reviews

[Lordbaby · Rating 5 out of 5]

exelent book, is beautiful

[Mahmutcans]

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[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of a film producer's quest to share a wonderful book

Mary McDonough Murphy shares her love for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird in interviews and a film she has produced. The information is interesting and informative. Add me to the list of Harper Lee fans who appreciate almost anything that provides further background information for this beloved novel. The film is well worth watching too. It would be worthwhile if only for the interview with the author's feisty 98 year old sister.

[Allie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good refresher for those who have read and love To Kill a Mockingbird. It has excerpts from To Kill a Mockingbird, a study guide, and excerpts from the book Scout, Atticus, and Boo (http://www.amazon.com/Scout-Atticus-B...)
Wish there was an excerpt from Go Set a Watchman but I understand it is being protected until it's release date.

[Catherine]

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmaste...

[Arlene · Rating 2 out of 5]

just a teaser.

[Debbie]

I had to read it again before her new book because it had been so long since I had read it.

[David Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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