Quote by: Charles J. Shields

Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends as next-door neighbors in the late 1920s, when they were about kindergarten age. From the start, they recognized in each other "an apartness," as Capote later expressed it; and both loved reading. When Lee's father gave them an old Underwood typewriter, they began writing original stories together.


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  • NameCharles J. Shields
  • DescriptionBiographer
  • BornDecember 2, 1951