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Historian Tells of Long Friendship with State’s Most Famous Author

FLORENCE - Writers, scholars and journalists had pursued interviews with acclaimed and reclusive author Harper Lee for most of her adult life, but it was Wayne Flynt and his wife

Wayne Flynt and his late wife, Dartie, got to know Harper Lee during the latter years of her life. Flynt shared details about the acclaimed author.

Wayne Flynt and his wife, Dartie, visited Harper Lee 64 times over a 10-year-period. Flynts book details their time with the "Mockingbird" author.

A new automotive supplier, Korea Fuel Tech America, Inc, is coming to Auburn’s Technology Park South, investing over $10 million and creating 90 new jobs. The company will produce eco-friendly

Environmental Services will host its fall Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Oct. 22, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Environmental Services Complex (365-A N. Donahue Drive).

Based on Flynt’s notes from dozens of visits with Lee over a decade before her death in 2016, the book is like sitting on a porch and hearing tales of Lee’s childhood and family in rural Alabama, her later life in New York and everything in between.

“Afternoons with Harper Lee” is based on stories that Lee told to historian Wayne Flynt.

A new book shows the personal side of the late “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee. Wayne Flynts new book “Afternoons with Harper Lee” is based on stories that