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An SEC legend passed away today (with new Pat Dye quotes)
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:10 am
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:10 am
RIP Harper Lee
On Lee's Alabama fandom
On Pat Dye's belief that Lee sent him love letters
On Lee's Alabama fandom
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"For years, Nelle and Alice had their own tradition for watching football games. They loved watching the Crimson Tide in particular.
They had no television in the house, Alice told me, until Julia was hired in 1997 and insisted. Nelle had suggested the same more than once, but it took Julia to get a small set across the threshold. She was not about to miss her game shows. After that, during football season, Alice would join Nelle in the back bedroom to watch the games. Be- fore the dawn of the television age in the Lee home, the two sisters would make the seven-block drive to the Monroe County Bank building, below Alice's law office, and watch the weekend's best games in a conference room.
Sometimes Nelle watched University of Alabama games at the home of her high school English teacher, Gladys Burkett. This was in an old house on North Mount Pleasant Avenue, a few blocks off the town square. It was there that Nelle got to know Dale Welch. They met over football but bonded over books. "I think she appreciated that I was a teacher and a librarian. We had a lot to talk about," Dale told me. A friendship quickly blossomed and soon they were meeting for coffee or lunch at Radley's.
Like many in their circle of friends, the Lees were a mixed family when it came to football in Alabama. Their brother had attended Au- burn. That gave it special status. But Nelle had attended the University of Alabama, and she and Alice gravitated to the Crimson Tide. If you ever want to drive down an empty thoroughfare in Monroeville, do so when Alabama is playing Auburn."
On Pat Dye's belief that Lee sent him love letters
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"No," he tells the two, "I don’t know where I put the thing." He rummages through drawers as he talks. "But I do got 10 love letters from her (Lee.)"
Love letters?
"Yeah, love letters." He pauses. "Nancy says I turned her."
Neither is exactly sure what he meant by that statement.
This post was edited on 2/19/16 at 12:25 pm
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Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:14 am to SummerOfGeorge
to Ms. Lee. 
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:22 am to SummerOfGeorge
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RIP Harper Lee
She wrote a great book back in the day.
Definitely not an SEC legend though. She actually didn't like the South.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:24 am to SummerOfGeorge
To Kill a Mockingbird is still my favorite book, Rest in Peace
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:25 am to scrooster
Native of Monroeville, studied at Alabama and one of the greatest works of American literature based in small town Alabama.
SEC legend
SEC legend
This post was edited on 2/19/16 at 11:52 am
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:25 am to scrooster
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She actually didn't like the South.
Im not sure this is accurate. I mean, I love the South and I'd never live north of the Madon-Dixon, but that doesn't mean I don't think there are problems with it.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:25 am to SummerOfGeorge
Tiger Bait
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:27 am to LegendOfCobb
100% agree.
Also, I will continue to pretend the latest work doesn't exist and was a hoodwink job by people out to decieve a feeble old woman.
Also, I will continue to pretend the latest work doesn't exist and was a hoodwink job by people out to decieve a feeble old woman.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:27 am to scrooster
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She actually didn't like the South
Really? Where did she always live?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:28 am to SummerOfGeorge
Did she actually die or did she have someone else die for her?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:28 am to auggie
She did spend a significant chunk of her life in New York
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:30 am to rockiee
I won't say that it's my favorite,it's really good though RIP Scout.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:30 am to AHM21
Truman Capote got any kids running sounds these days?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:31 am to auggie
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I won't say that it's my favorite,it's really good though RIP Scout.
One of the few books in school I was glad they made us read.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:31 am to auggie
quote:In her younger life, she split her time between Monroeville and NYC. In her elderly years when she was no longer able to travel, she lived in Monroeville.
Really? Where did she always live?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:33 am to SummerOfGeorge
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will continue to pretend the latest work doesn't exist and was a hoodwink job by people out to decieve a feeble old woman.
I don't know, some of the vignettes (which is basically what the book is) are interesting. It's not as good, but I wouldn't pretend it didn't exist. I think there is, to some extent and in some places, more nuance in it. But that is probably exclusively a result of the main character being a grown woman as opposed to a child.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:35 am to LegendOfCobb
Yea I agree, it's just a bit depressing to see such a beloved character show realistic older southern white man of the civil rights movement tendencies.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:37 am to SummerOfGeorge
yea RIP Harper Lee
great book
great book
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:39 am to rockiee
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One of the few books in school I was glad they made us read.
The only book I've read at least 10 times.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
I don't know, I can understand that, but I didn't find it depressing. It seemed familiar and understandable (for someone his age). And I'd argue that given those proclivities, his behavior in the first book is more noble.
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