Monday, April 2, 2012

Frankly my dear...I would rather read some "Mockingbird"...

Antiques Roadshow heads to El Paso where highlights include a collection of signed Andy Warhol soup cans, and a collection of signed Cormac McCarthy first editions...7pm

"Gone with the Wind" created two of the world's greatest lovers, Scarlett and Rhett...won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and has sold more than 30 million copies. Born into Atlanta's upper crust in 1900, author Margaret Mitchell challenged the stifling social restrictions of being a woman and a writer and a force to be reckoned with...American Masters: Margaret Mitchell...8pm

"To Kill a Mockingbird" has been a national treasure for five decades -- it is still selling nearly a million copies a year. And the courtroom image of Gregory Peck, as the passionate Atticus Finch, gave us an enduring picture for the novel's message. Behind it all was a young Southern girl named Nelle Harper Lee, childhood friends with Truman Capote, who once said she wanted to be Alabama's Jane Austen...American Masters: Harper Lee...9pm

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