In 1928, Monroeville, Alabama, was home to two children who eventually became American literary icons. Four-year-old Truman Streckfus Persons was sent there to live with his mother’s relatives following his parents’ divorce. Living next door was Nelle Harper Lee, a young girl who became the boy’s childhood friend. The boy grew up to be the author and playwright Truman Capote, best known for Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the true crime novel, In Cold Blood. The little girl eschewed her first name and wrote the Pultizer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The children shared a…
