This landmark novel follows young Scout Finch as she grows up in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression, where her father, attorney Atticus Finch, defends a Black man falsely accused of a serious crime. Through Scout's perspective, Harper Lee explores themes of justice, racial prejudice, moral courage, compassion, and the loss of innocence, creating one of the most enduring and influential works of American literature. This first edition is especially prized by collectors as the original appearance of Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1960.