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Is To Kill a Mockingbird a must-read?
Houston Chronicle ^ | 4/6/07 | me

Posted on 04/06/2007 5:32:09 AM PDT by urtax$@work

If there's one book you should read before you die, it's To Kill a Mockingbird. That's not my opinion. Apparently I was sick back in ninth grade when every other American kid read Harper Lee's novel of racism, moral courage and coming of age in 1930s Alabama. I read it for the first time only this week and have my misgivings.

But according to the Guardian newspaper's Web site, a 2006 poll of librarians — British librarians — put To Kill a Mockingbird atop the list of books every adult should read before they shuffle off. Ahead of the Bible. Ahead of Huckleberry Finn and Pride and Prejudice and even Harry "the Franchise" Potter.

Go to link to see rest of article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4691912.html

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: books; culturewar; houstoncomical; racism; southernculture; tokillamockingbird
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To: Chickensoup

Well, does anyone read Rumer Godden anymore? I loved her children’s stories, little dramas with dolls.


241 posted on 04/07/2007 8:58:09 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: zook
It's not even southern anymore, but the category--"southern apologia"--redneck apologetics--weareby Mid-Atlantic intellectuals can congratulate themselves on their superiority to southern racist hicks.
242 posted on 04/07/2007 9:09:39 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Miss Didi
The movie is great, too. Gregory Peck is wonderful; little Scout in her ham costume is precious.

I believe that it was Robert Duval's first movie role, as Boo Radley. And yes, she was cute as the ham!

Mark

243 posted on 04/07/2007 9:31:31 AM PDT by MarkL (Environmental heretics should be burned at the stake, in a "Carbon Neutral" way...)
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To: SoftballMominVA
What? No Harry Potter?!?!?!

Mark

244 posted on 04/07/2007 9:32:33 AM PDT by MarkL (Environmental heretics should be burned at the stake, in a "Carbon Neutral" way...)
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To: Mamzelle

I do. There are many great authors from the forties and fifties that are wonderful to read. I love “Miss Read” and have all her books.


245 posted on 04/07/2007 10:45:50 AM PDT by Chickensoup (.The Muzzies are hanging us with the rope we paid out to the leftists.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Not only a great novel but a great film as well entitled Greed. Eric von Stroheim shot it page for page and it was eight hours long. The studio cut it and destroyed the additional footage. What remains still makes it one of the great silent films of all time. TCM shows it on silent Sunday nights from time to time and I cannot help watching it every time it is on.


246 posted on 04/07/2007 3:54:06 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: urtax$@work

Heinlein.


247 posted on 04/07/2007 4:15:51 PM PDT by MistrX
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To: Biblebelter

I know the movie - although my husband is the expert in its many values. I love ZaZu Pitts’ great performance.


248 posted on 04/08/2007 6:43:50 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: durasell

I stand King Corrtutted, er corrected!!!!


249 posted on 04/08/2007 9:34:27 PM PDT by Atchafalaya (When you are there thats the best)
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