“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8
With the death of Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee last Friday, it only seems fitting to pay tribute to the late Alabama literary giant. We ran this post last summer, and today I wanted to share an updated version! I hope you can sit back and enjoy this post that is packed full of information, history, and the author we all knew and loved!
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience”
Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird
Chances are, if you ask ten people if they have heard of the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, more than likely, all ten will have some knowledge of the Pulitzer Prize winning-best seller written by Harper Lee. As a young teen who loved to read, I was completely captivated with the compelling novel of racial prejudice in a small Southern city! With the highly anticipated release of Lee’s new book, “Go Set a Watchman” last summer, I spent a few hours in Monroeville, Alabama, Lee’s hometown and the setting of one of the world’s best loved novels! Katy and I so enjoyed our visit to the Old Courthouse Museum, where the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird really came to life and piqued my interest once again for Lee’s writings. I hope you will come along as we tour the literary capital of Alabama, my home state!READ MORE