Hey Boo: Harper Lee and "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Plot Summary

To Kill a Mockingbird was the first and only novel by a young woman from the South. It became one of the biggest best-sellers of all time and she became a mystery. HEY, BOO: HARPER LEE & TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD explores the history and impact of the novel and offers an unprecedented look at the life of the novelist. Fifty years after its publication, To Kill a Mockingbird is required reading in most American classrooms and still sells nearly a million copies a year. HEY, BOO: HARPER LEE & TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD chronicles how this beloved novel came to be written, provides the context and history of the Deep South where it is set, and documents the many ways the novel has changed minds and shaped history. For teachers, students or fans of the classic, it enhances the experience of reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Featuring insightful interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Rick Bragg, Anna Quindlen, and Richard Russo, historians Jon Meacham and Diane McWhorter and civil rights leader Andrew Young addressing the novelís impact on their lives, careers and country. Leeís friends and family speak on the record, sharing intimate recollections, anecdotes, and biographical details for the first time, offering new insight into the life and mind of Harper Lee, who stopped speaking to the press in 1964.