My distinguished wall by Kylie Mackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-12-04 18:10:15 UTC 2018-12-06 03:50:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Harper Lee story line 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311664371 2018-12-06 02:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311664371 1926 she was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, USA 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311664829 2018-12-06 03:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311664829 1944 Lee joined the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665225 2018-12-06 03:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665225 1945 Lee transferred to the University of Alabama, where she embarked on a law degree. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665523 2018-12-06 03:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665523 1949 Lee moved to New York City to pursue a career as a writer. Her father, who had been funding her education, said she would have to support herself. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665699 2018-12-06 03:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311665699 1956 Hohoff persuaded Lee to write a new novel from the perspective of Scout as a child. Two years later, it became To Kill a Mockingbird. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666203 2018-12-06 03:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666203 1957 Lee travelled with Capote to Holcomb Kansas, where they research a story about the murder of a farming family. Their work would eventually become In Cold Blood. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666395 2018-12-06 03:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666395 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is published on July 11, 1960, and becomes an instant bestseller in a time when the Civil Rights movement was in full swing. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666728 2018-12-06 03:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311666728 1961 Lee wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, aged 35. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311667108 2018-12-06 03:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311667108 1966 Lee had an operation on her hand to repair damage done by a bad burn. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668276 2018-12-06 03:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668276 1999 To Kill a Mockingbird is voted the best novel of the 20th century by the Library Journal. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668820 2018-12-06 03:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668820 1970 Lee's agent, Crain, died. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668897 2018-12-06 03:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311668897 2007 President George W. Bush presented Lee with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her "outstanding contribution to America's literary tradition" 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669447 2018-12-06 03:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669447 2007 Lee also suffered a stroke and struggled with various ongoing health issues, including hearing loss, limited vision and problems with her short-term memory. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669677 2018-12-06 03:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669677 2013 Lee filed a lawsuit in federal court against literary agent Samuel Pinkus. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669731 2018-12-06 03:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311669731 2015 Lee announces she will publish a second novel in July, Go Set a Watchman. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311670075 2018-12-06 03:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311670075 2016 Harper Lee died on February 19, 2016, at the age of 89. She died in her sleep at an assisted living facility in Monroeville. 21kymackersie https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311670220 2018-12-06 03:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/21kymackersie/pdvma2b4ar3g/wish/311670220