"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 mocking bird 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 stepped 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.
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- ISBN10 006017322X
- ISBN13 9780060173227
- Publish Date 1 September 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 October 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperCollins
- Edition 35th edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 323
- Language English