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To: SeekAndFind

Harper Lee is a big phony. TKAM was actually written by Truman Capote, who took pity on his feeble-minded cousin and wanted to provide her with an income for life.


13 posted on 07/14/2015 11:59:39 AM PDT by miserare (Rest in Peace, Officer John Wilding, Scranton PD.)
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Disagree with your analysis as Lee helped Truman write “In Cold Blood”.

Now what I have been thinking about is the possibility that ,if this new book is legitimate, is Truman helped write that one and may outlined the original character of Atticus Finch given the thinking and feelings of 1930’s Alabama.


16 posted on 07/14/2015 12:06:02 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: miserare
TKAM was actually written by Truman Capote, who took pity on his feeble-minded cousin and wanted to provide her with an income for life.

That particular conspiracy theory has been proven wrong. There is at least one letter from Capote to an old Monroeville neighbor mentioning Lee was writing a book, and there is a great deal of correspondence between Lee and her editor at Lippencott discussing the book and the plot.

27 posted on 07/14/2015 12:41:00 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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RE: TKAM was actually written by Truman Capote, who took pity on his feeble-minded cousin and wanted to provide her with an income for life.

Do you have a reliable source for this?


34 posted on 07/14/2015 1:28:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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