681 History of the Book - Final Project by Kelley Brenneman The timeless classic of growing up and the human dignity that unites us all....
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked, To Kill a Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramtic, and deeply moving, To Kill a Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior-to innocence and experience, kindess and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 15 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always consider her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a master of American literature.
Summary taken from the mass market paperback edition that was first published by Popular Library in 1962.