Mockingbird songs : my friendship with Harper Lee
Flynt, Wayne, 1940-2017
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The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but the publication of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Harper Lee's classic novel about courage, community and equality, inspired him to return in the early 1960s and craft a career documenting and teaching Alabama history. His writing resonated with many Alabamians, in particular three sisters: Louise, Alice and Nelle Harper Lee. Beginning with their first meeting in 1983, a mutual respect and affection for the state's history and literature matured into a deep friendship between two families who can trace their roots there back more than 5 generations. Flynt and Nelle Harper Lee began writing to one other while she was living in New York. This is a collection of their correspondence and a compelling look into the mind, heart and work of one of the most admired authors in modern literary history.
Main title:
Mockingbird songs : my friendship with Harper Lee / Wayne Flynt.
Author:
Flynt, Wayne, 1940-, authorLee, Harper
Imprint:
London : William Heinemann, 2017.
Collation:
xv, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Harper.
ISBN:
9781785151316 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.54B LEE FLY
Language:
English
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BRN:
83264