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"To Kill A Mockingbird" Author Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Publishers Weekly   |  Kevin Howell   |   October 30, 2007 01:14 PM

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Harper Lee is being awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for her outstanding contribution to literature. Her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and is ranked by the Guinness Book of World Records as the top selling novel of all time. The novel has sold more than 30 million copies. Last week, To Kill a Mockingbird won the Quill Award for best audiobook of the year for its belated debut on audio.

According to the citation, Lee is being honored for "an outstanding contribution to America's literary tradition. At a critical moment in our history, her beautiful book, To Kill a Mockingbird, helped focus the nation on the turbulent struggle for equality."

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- wadenelson1 I'm a Fan of wadenelson1 permalink
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Ok, but what if Truman Capote actually wrote it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 PM on 10/30/2007
- ClaudiaJean I'm a Fan of ClaudiaJean permalink

Everything you need to know about how to behave and how to treat others in this life, you can learn from To Kill A Mockingbird.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:39 PM on 10/30/2007
- ctbutte I'm a Fan of ctbutte permalink

Damn that Bush!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 10/30/2007
- ChrisR I'm a Fan of ChrisR permalink

Your childish comment is an insult to Harper Lee, author of one of the finest books ever written. You represent the ignorant attitude that she tried to expose, and which obviously, 50 years later, still exists.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:57 PM on 10/30/2007
- leftLibertarian I'm a Fan of leftLibertarian permalink

Ahhh...no...Bush and Cheney represent the ignorant attitude that she tried to expose.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:47 PM on 10/30/2007
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