In 1949, Harper Lee quit law school in Alabama and moved to New York City to pursue a writing career. She lived in cheap apartments, subsisting on peanut butter sandwiches and drafting stories at a ...
Harper Lee's best-known work, To Kill A Mockingbird, has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Donald Uhrbrock via Getty Images In 1949, Harper Lee quit law school in Alabama and moved to New ...