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Michael Shelden, “The Writer Vanishes,”Daily Telegraph , 12 April 1997, n.p. When asked about Lee's help withIn Cold Blood , Capote said, “She kept me company when I was based out there. I suppose she was with me about two months altogether. She went on a number of interviews; she typed her own notes, and I had these and could refer to them.” Plimpton, “The Story Behind a Non-Fiction Novel,”The New York Times , 16 January 1966.
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“Story of Attempted Drowning Called False, Angers Harper Lee,”Tuscaloosa News, 25 September 1997.
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As far back as 1965, Christopher Sergel, owner of Dramatic Publishing for schools, had tried to persuade Annie Laurie Williams to allow an adaptation, saying that “Schools all across the country continue to write to us with requests for a dramatization ofTo Kill a Mockingbird âit is much more requested thanany other book.” It wasn't until 1990 that Sergel received permission from Lee. Williams papers, Christopher Sergel to Williams, 5 January 1965, box 149, folder L.
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EPILOGUE: THE DIKE IS BREACHED
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“She once said to me when we were up late one night, sharing a bottle of scotch: âYou ever wonder why I never wrote anything else?' And I said, âWell, along with a million other people, yes.' “I espoused two or three ideas. I said maybe you didn't want to compete with yourself. She said, âBull ⦠Two reasons: one, I wouldn't go through the pressure and publicity I went through withTo Kill a Mockingbird for any amount of money. Second, I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.'”
Greg Richter, “Friend Finds Why Harper Lee Didn't Write Again,”The Birmingham (Alabama)News , 7 August 2011.
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