TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1. AUTHOR Harper Lee was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Huntingon College is where she first started her college eduacation in 1944 to 1945. In 1945 she went to the University of Alabama to study law. She also attended Oxford University for a short time (“Lee,(Nelle) Harper”1). After quitting her job as a clerk with Eastern Airlines and BOAC in New York City, Harper Lee concentrated on her writing. In1957 …showed first 75 words of 263 total…

…showed last 75 words of 263 total…articles included “ Love--In Other Words” in Vogue Magazine and “Christmas to me” in McCall’s Magazine (Harper Lee Biography” 2). The movie takes place in a small Alabama town in the 1930’s, in which it somewhat parallels Nelle Harper Lee’s life. In the outskirts of the town square is where Scout, Jem, and Dill play all day, while Atticus spends all day at the town courthouse working on the Trial of the Century. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**