Fifty years ago, Harper Lee had the kind of success that most writers only dream about: Shortly after her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 11, 1960, it hit the best-seller lists. In ...
So Oklahoma's Muskogee High School has removed Harper Lee's classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" from its required reading list because the book could offend African American students [Nation in Brief, Aug ...
The first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960, was an immediate success. Click here to read an excerpt. Fifty years ago, Harper Lee had the kind of success that most writers only dream ...