“To Kill a Mockingbird,” one of the most-read books in the world, was written by Monroeville, Ala., native Harper Lee. The fictional setting of the 1960 book was a small town called Maycomb, which Lee ...
Set in Alabama in 1934, Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most venerated characters in American literature, small-town lawyer Atticus Finch.