TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE - 1960

NEW YORK: Lippincott, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1960 ORIGINAL STATED 11TH- PRINTNG OF THE FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD TIGHT BRIGHT clean HARDCOVER .no book club marks,names,etc.296 PAGES THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE .VERY RARE BOOK THAT MAKES AN OUSTANDING PIECE OF LITERARY HISTORY! HAS ORIGINAL STATED ELEVENTH PRINTNG JACKET THAT IS EVEN HARDER TO FIND!To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explained the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism.