To Kill A Mockingbird

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of r... (more)

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape. (less)

When a southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer... (more)

When a southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Atticus Finch will defend him. Finch's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children. (less)

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged ... (more)

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird 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 steeped 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. (less)

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Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of... (more)

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl. (less)

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of r... (more)

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape. (less)

Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a b... (more)

Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him. (less)

Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a b... (more)

Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him. (less)

In a small Alabama town in the thirties, a softly-spoken lawyer defends a black sharecropper against a charge of raping ... (more)

In a small Alabama town in the thirties, a softly-spoken lawyer defends a black sharecropper against a charge of raping a white woman. (less)

The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obvi... (more)

The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children. (less)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused... (more)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy. (less)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused... (more)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy. (less)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused... (more)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy. (less)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused... (more)

In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy. (less)