Letter Puts End to Persistent 'Mockingbird' Rumor

by Melissa Block, NPR

New evidence may end the decades-old speculation that Truman Capote -- not Harper Lee -- wrote the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Dr. Wayne Flynt, retired professor of history from Auburn University discusses the basis for the persistent rumor and explains why it is indeed false.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, March 3, 2006