Understanding to Kill a Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents

This is the most comprehensive book that encompasses all the historical events surrounding the time and place of the novel. Although it is a bit pricey, you will get your moneys' worth. Invaluable teaching resource for English and History.

As a participant in this year's "One Book, One Chicago", I have read the "REAL DEAL", which is the book selected for the program's inaugural year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and also felt I had no problems understanding the critical issues illustrated in the book. I then made the forunate decision to attend a lecture by Ms. Durst Johnson at the Chicago Public Library; a lecture based primarily on information contained in her commentary. My time was not wasted: for as much as I had indeed GRASPED about the novel, there were still many more interesting things to learn that I had not even considered. While some may consider it "beating a subject to death" (or some such nonsense), your reading experience will definitely be enhanced by referring to, but not relying on, this book's contents.

Great Book; the best I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone. I had to read it for a school book and i didn't really want to read it, but once I started i couldn't put it down.

This book rocks! Explains all you ever wanted to know about To Kill a Mockingbird.