Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird Review & Giveaway

To Kill a Mockingbird may well be our national novel. It is the first adult novel that many of us remember reading, one book that millions of us have in common. It sells nearly a million copies a year, more than any other twentieth-century American classic. Harper Lee’s first and only novel, published in July 1960, is a beloved classic and touchstone in American literary and social history.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, Mary McDonagh Murphy reviews its history and examines how the novel has left its mark on a broad range of novelists, historians, journalists, and artists.

In compelling interviews, Anna Quindlen, Tom Brokaw, Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, James McBride, Scott Turow, Wally Lamb, Andrew Young, Richard Russo, Adriana Trigiani, Rick Bragg, Jon Meacham, Allan Gurganus, Diane McWhorter, Lee Smith, Rosanne Cash, and others reflect on when they first read the novel, what it means to them — then and now — and how it has affected their lives and careers. Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a lively appreciation of the many ways in which the novel has made — and continues to make — a difference to generations of readers.

Harper Lee has not given an interview since 1964, but Murphy’s reporting, research, and rare interviews with the author’s sister and friends stitch together a brief history of how the novel, as well as the acclaimed 1962 movie, came to be.

Mary McDonagh Murphy is an independent writer, director, and producer. The recipient of six Emmy Awards, her documentaries include Digital Days, Before Your Eyes, and Cry for Help, which aired nationally on PBS. She spent twenty years as a producer at CBS News, and her writing has appeared in New York magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications, and she is the author of the book Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird. She lives in Scarborough, New York.

Details of the book: Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Mary McDonagh Murphy
ISBN: 9780061924071
ISBN-10: 0061924075
Format: Hardcover
Publisher Date: 6.8.2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Number of Pages: 240
Retail Price: $24.99
Language: English
Ages: 18 and Up
Trimsize: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4

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