Comments on: To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/ musings, thoughts, and writings of Barbara W. Klaser Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.3-beta1 Comment on To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance by: Barbara http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5379 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:04:25 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5379 I came across that news story completely by accident, searching the keyword "reclusive". I'm glad you all enjoyed it. I don't remember when I read <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>. Junior high school maybe. I saw the movie a few times on TV first. The rabid dog incident stood out for me in the movie, because my mom told us a story about her dad killing one during the same era. What a horror that disease was before vaccines. I understand a modern-day cardiologist who's studied Edgar Allan Poe's death thinks he died of rabies. I didn't like the movie as much as the book. For some reason the role of racism was murky for me in the movie, but made clear in the writing, and I felt that I finally "got" the story. Maybe I was too young to get the movie, earlier, and I was a pretty naive kid. Time for a reread perhaps. Surely our little county library branch has that one. (I long to move near a college again, like Reenie did, so I have a good library available. This one just doesn't cut it---or my reading tastes are too varied and weird for this little town.) I came across that news story completely by accident, searching the keyword “reclusive”. I’m glad you all enjoyed it.

I don’t remember when I read To Kill a Mockingbird. Junior high school maybe. I saw the movie a few times on TV first.

The rabid dog incident stood out for me in the movie, because my mom told us a story about her dad killing one during the same era. What a horror that disease was before vaccines. I understand a modern-day cardiologist who’s studied Edgar Allan Poe’s death thinks he died of rabies.

I didn’t like the movie as much as the book. For some reason the role of racism was murky for me in the movie, but made clear in the writing, and I felt that I finally “got” the story. Maybe I was too young to get the movie, earlier, and I was a pretty naive kid.

Time for a reread perhaps. Surely our little county library branch has that one. (I long to move near a college again, like Reenie did, so I have a good library available. This one just doesn’t cut it—or my reading tastes are too varied and weird for this little town.)

]]> Comment on To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance by: Reenie http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5374 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:36:25 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5374 I was saving a comment until I attended the event Sewanee. It's late and I'm tired, but dear friend that you are, you have already read my post. xoxo I was saving a comment until I attended the event Sewanee. It’s late and I’m tired, but dear friend that you are, you have already read my post. xoxo

]]> Comment on To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance by: violetismycolor http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5371 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:35:16 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5371 How very cool! That book is one of my all-time faves. It must have been very exciting for those present. How very cool! That book is one of my all-time faves. It must have been very exciting for those present.

]]> Comment on To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance by: cassie-b http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5314 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:06:52 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5314 That's really exciting. I hope it was a very good performance. Cas That’s really exciting. I hope it was a very good performance.

Cas

]]> Comment on To Kill A Mockingbird author makes rare appearance by: Eric Mayer http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5311 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:17:35 +0000 http://barbarawklaser.mysterynovelist.com/2007/01/11/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-makes-rare-appearance/#comment-5311 Thanks for the link. Amazing. I passed the story on to Mary, a big Harper Lee fan. Thanks for the link. Amazing. I passed the story on to Mary, a big Harper Lee fan.

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