Childhood

  Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28th, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama.  She was the youngest of four children, belonging to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee.  Her father was a lawyer who served in the Alabama State Legislature, from 1926 to 1938.  Harper Lee was a tomboy and loved reading as a child, and Truman Capote was her best friend from school, as well as her neighbour.