Dill If You Don't Hush I'll Knock

The One Place Where A Man Ought To Get A Square Deal Is In A Courtroom, Be He Any Color Of The Rainbow, But People Have A Way Of Carrying Their Resentments Right Into A Jury Box.

You Can Choose Your Friends But You Sho' Can't Choose Your Family, An' They're Still Kin To You No Matter Whether You Acknowledge 'em Or Not, And It Makes You Look Right Silly When You Don't.

The Remainder Of My Schooldays Were No More Auspicious Than The First. Indeed, They Were An Endless Project That Slowly Evolved Into A Unit, In Which Miles Of Construction Paper And Wax Crayon Were Expended By The State Of Alabama In Its Well-meaning But Fruitless Efforts To Teach Me Group Dynamics.

I Was A First-time Writer, So I Did As I Was Told. I Hadn't Realized It (the Original Book) Had Survived, So Was Surprised And Delighted When My Dear Friend And Lawyer Tonja Carter Discovered It. After Much Thought And Hesitation, I Shared It With A Handful Of People I Trust And Was Pleased To Hear That They Considered It Worthy Of Publication. I Am Humbled And Amazed That This Will Now Be Published After All These Years.

I Never Expected Any Sort Of Success With 'mockingbird'... I Sort Of Hoped Someone Would Like It Enough To Give Me Encouragement.