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To kill a mockingbird volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
"One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country....
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the hours leading up to the scheduled execution of a black teen for the alleged rape of a white woman in 1943 Louisiana, the convicted boy, his father, the District Attorney, and other townspeople consider what the execution means to their community.
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
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The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
"Experience one of the most significant...
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
The cheat: Tallulah Bankhead plays a...
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Concetta Literary Corp., a division of Concetta, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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The Connie Francis Story is an American story. Born into a blue-collar Italian family at the end of the Great Depression, she went on to unimaginable heights of success. Along this extraordinary journey of her life she experienced the highest of peaks and the deepest of valleysthe stuff of both dreams and nightmares. Through her eyes, readers have a front row seat to many of the greatest public and private moments in American history and popular culture....
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