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On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.
To Kill a Mockingbird
First edition cover – late printing
Author: Harper Lee
Published: July 11, 1960
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in high schools and middle schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.
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First edition cover – late printing
Author: Harper Lee
Published: July 11, 1960
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in high schools and middle schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.
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Tue Jul 11, 2023: On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.
Sat Jul 11, 2020: On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.
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