"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but
remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real
mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with
the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem
Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty
the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the
Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in
prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and
quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of
history will only tolerate so much.
One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a
Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original
publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated
into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies
worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was
also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians
across the country (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication with
this special hardcover edition.
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