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Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman by Charles J. Shields Original Publication Date: Originally published 2006, this edition 2016 Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Goodreads To Kill a Mockingbird—the twentieth century’s most widely read American novel—has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. In this in-depth biography, first published in 2006, Charles J. Shields brings to life the woman who gave us two of American literature’s most unforgettable characters, Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. Years after its initial publication—with revisions throughout the book and a new epilogue—Shields finishes the story of Harper Lee’s life, up to its end. I recently re-read…