Monroeville: Literary Capital of Alabama [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

McCoy, Kathy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531634389 ISBN 13: 9781531634384

Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 1998

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Monroeville is the county sear of Monroe County, a count older than the state of Alabama itself. Located in what was the western Creek Nation, Monroeville became the center of county business in 1832, eighteen years after the surrender of the Creeks to Andrew Jackson. Monroeville soon became a powerful political base in the state. In the 20th century, it hosted visits from "Big Jim" Folsom as well as George Wallace, a powerful young orator who would change the face of American politics. Today, Monroeville is known as the childhood home of internationally known authors Harper Lee and Truman Capote. Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird was set in a small town that still Southern town based on Monroeville. Many of Capote's short stories and novels were drawn from his Monroeville experiences. Visitors from around the world come to the town that still remembers when Truman rented the town's only taxi for the weekend and drove around for days "visiting." Townsfolk like to talk about the time Gregory Peck came to town to meet the many of the people who were inspirations for the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. As other writers from Monroeville emerge, such as Mark Childress and Cynthia Tucker, one wonders how many more stories the town holds, as well as what is so special about a small, rural southwestern Alabama town call Monroeville.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Biografía del autor

KATHY MCCOY, PH.D., is an award-winning author of twelve books, a psychotherapist, and assistant to the chancellor at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. She has written for publications like "Redbook," "The New York Times," and "Family Circle. "An online expert specializing in adolescent psychology, she has made numerous appearances on the "Today "show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Geraldo," and "Sally Jessy Raphael.
"CHARLES WIBBELSMAN, M.D., is an award-winning author and the former "Dear Doctor" columnist for "'TEEN Magazine," Chief of the Teenage Clinic at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, Medical School, he appears regularly on "Parenting and Psychology "on BAY-TV and is an online expert for the National Parenting Center.

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• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1531634389
• ISBN 13: 9781531634384
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130