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Wayne Flynt

Biography

Wayne Flynt

Dr. Wayne Flynt, professor emeritus in the department of history at Auburn University, is the author of 13 books and one of the most recognized and honored scholars of Southern history, politics and religion. He has won numerous teaching awards and has been a distinguished university professor for many years. He lives in Alabama.

Wayne Flynt

Books by Wayne Flynt

by Wayne Flynt - Memoir, Nonfiction

The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but the publication of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Harper Lee’s classic novel about courage, community and equality, inspired him to return in the early 1960s and craft a career documenting and teaching Alabama history. His writing resonated with many Alabamians, in particular three sisters: Louise, Alice and Nelle Harper Lee. Beginning with their first meeting in 1983, a mutual respect and affection for the state’s history and literature matured into a deep friendship between two families who can trace their roots there back more than five generations.