References in To Kill a Mockingbird 1 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... < Mockingbird References > A to F - G to Q - R to Z --1. ( ) = page reference, hardcover Mockingbird, Lippincott, 1960 2. { } = page reference, paperback Mockingbird, Popular Library, 1977 3. [ ] = information not in Mockingbird AD ASTRA PER ASPERA to FISHER Ad Astra Per Aspera title of Maycomb County Halloween Pageant (266) {255} "from the mud to the stars" (271) {260} [State Motto of Kansas, where Lee traveled with Truman Capote to do research for In Cold Blood] Abbottsville Alabama place--fire truck came from there (78) {75} Appleton, Victor author--drama based on his work (14) {12} Appomattox place--"hasn't snowed since A"--Mr Avery (73) {69} [former village in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 1865] Atkinson, Miss Maudie adult--neighbor, had cow, made good cakes, from Finch's Landing, nearly same age as Jack (50) {48} her shoulder sloped like that because she was a Buford (142) {134} Avery, Mr Dick adult--boarded across from Lafayette Dubose, sneezed until 9 o'clock (58) {55} whittled (67) {64}, Dick (77) {74} Baldwin County Alabama place--"...Chinese, and the Cajuns down yonder" (239) {229} Barber, Tutti and Frutti adults--real names Sarah & Frances, maiden ladies, sisters, lived in only Maycomb residence boasting a cellar, etc (265) {254} Barker's Eddy local place--Crazy Addie drowned himself there (15) {13} Scout threatens to drown self (31) {29} at end of dirt road off the Meridian Highway about a mile from town, Jem taught Dill to swim there (252) {242} Battle of Hastings event--"...source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of..."(9) {8} [decisive battle in Norman Conquests of England, 1066] Bay St. Louis Alabama place--Dill saw Siamese twins leave train there (42) {40} Bellingraths Alabama place--"those B'll look plain puny when I get started!"- Miss 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 2 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... Maudie (81) {77} [gardens known for azaleas & chyrsanthemums, in Theodore, on coast] Bert adult--court reporter, chain-smoked (222) {212} Bibb, William Wyatt adult--Governor, sent surveyors to establish Maycomb (140) {132} Billups, Mr X adult--"X's his name, not his initial."--Jem (169) {161} Birmingham News, the newspaper--(157) {149} Blackstone's Commentaries book--Calpurnia taught Zeebo to read from (135) {128} [Commentaries on the Laws of England, the best known description of the doctrines of English law, by Sir William Blackstone, 1723-1780] Blount, Miss adult--teacher of 6th grade, native Maycombian (28) {26} Boone, Agnes child--butterbean in Halloween pageant (266) {255} Bragg, Braxton adult--given names of Mr Underwood (167) {158} [commander of Western Confederate Army during the Civil War] Brooke, Lily adult?--cousin of Scout (142) {134} Brown's Mule household--smell in First Purchase churchyard (128) {121} [chewing tobacco] Bryan, William Jennings "...you'd think WJB was speakin'"--Stephanie Crawford (170) {162} [1860-1925, politician famed as public speaker] Buford surname--All the Bufords Walk Like That (142) {134} Buford, Dr Frank adult--father of Miss Maudie, Finch's Landing landowner, gardening obsession kept him poor (50) {48} Bullfinch surname--Jem said Scout was one (23) {22} [reference to Bullfinch's Mythology, a collection of Greek myths] Burroughs, Edgar Rice author--drama based on his work (14) {12} Calpurnia adult--housekeeper of Finchs' (12) {10} mother of Zeebo, was taught to read by Maudie's aunt (135) {128} Camellia flower--Jem cuts those of Mrs Dubose (111) {107} Mrs Dubose sends one to Jem (121) {116} Chevrolet car--always one in the Finch carhouse (159) {151} Clanton Alabama place--Barber sisters emigrated from in 1911 (265) {254} Clark's Ferry Alabama place--3rd firetruck came from there, 60 miles away (79) {75} Cornwall place--ancestral home of Simon Finch (9) {8} [county in southwest England] Crawford surname--No Crawford Minds His Own Business (141) {134} Crawford, Miss Stephanie adult--"neighborhood scold", told scissors story (17) {15} "English Channel of gossip" (254) {244} Crazy Addie adult--mutilated people's chickens and household pets, drowned self in Barker's Eddy (15) {13} Crenshaw, Mrs adult--local seamstress "had as much imagination as Mrs Merriweather" (266) {256} CSA rumored that Mrs Dubose kept CSA pistol among shawls (108) {104} 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 3 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... [Confederate States of America--southern side of Civil War] Cunningham surname--from Old Sarum (17) {15} Cunninghams married Coninghams "until the spelling of names was academic" (176) {164} Cunningham, Walter Sr. adult--paid by entailment, in crowd at jailhouse (164) {155} Cunningham, Walter Jr. child--had no lunch money (25) {24} father also named Walter, went to dinner (29) {28} Davis, Elmer adult--irked Atticus with Hitler news on radio (259) {248} [1890-1958, news broadcaster and writer-director, analyst for CBS] Davis, Miss Emily adult--dipped snuff in private (170) {161} Deas, Link adult--almost hit by Scout's baton (111) {106} employed Tom Robinson, made outburst during trial (207) {198} stood up for Helen Robinson (262) {252} Deer's Pasture local place--short cut to get to Radleys' (64) {58} Dill & Scout crept around on Sundays (159) {150} Delafield surname--The Truth Is Not in the Delafields (142) {134} never take a check from a Delafield without a discreet call to the bank (142) {134} Dewey Decimal System "new way they're teachin' the first grade" (25) {23} [system--for organizing books in libraries] Dow, Lorenzo author--diaries read by Scout & Atticus (24) {22} [brother of Brigham Young, Mormon] Dracula film--seen by Dill (13) {12} [1931, 4 stars, Bela Lugosi, dir: Tod Browning] Dubose, Mrs Henry Lafayette adult--lived 2 doors north (12) {11} addicted to morphine (120) {115} weighed 98 lbs (121) {116} Egypt "...when the Finches were in E..."--Jem to Scout (240) {229} Egyptian Period studied by Jem in 6th grade (67) {64} Einstein mentioned by Atticus at trial (218) {208} [Albert, 1879-1955, physicist] Enfield Prison Farm Alabama place--Tom held there, 70 miles away in Chester County (231) {221} Scout saw, exercise yard (250) {239} English Channel Stephanie Crawford was "EC of gossip" (254) {244} [waterway separating Great Britain & France] Estelle sent rolls morning after trial from down at the hotel (226) {216} Ethiopia place--Jem said Jack said they "mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament" (173) {164} [country in Northeast Africa] Evertt, J Grimes adult--missionary known to Grace Merriweather (243) {233} desperately needed our prayers (264) {253} Eula May adult--town telephone operator (102) {98} Ewell surname--Atticus said they "had been the disgrace of Maycomb for 3 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 4 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... generations" (37) {35} lived behind the town garbage dump (181) {172} Ewell, Bob adult--father of Mayella, in court swears in as "Robert E. Lee Ewell"(181) {172} Ewell, Burris child--had cootie, attended school one day a year, son of Bob (32) {31} Ewell, Mayella child [woman-child?]--allegedly raped by Tom Robinson 19 years old (221) {211} Farrow, Gertrude adult--attended Missionary meeting, 2nd most devout woman in M (245) {235} Finch surname--Simon, Atticus, Alexandra, John Hale, Jeremy Atticus, Jean Louise Finch, Alexandra adult--aunt, husband: Jimmy Hancock, son: Henry, grandson: Francis Hancock (85) {82} Finch, Atticus adult--almost 50, nickname: Ol' One-Shot (106) [Possibly named for Herodes Atticus, 101-177, most celebrated of the orators and writers of the Second Sophistic, a movement that revitalized the teaching and practice of rhetoric in Greece in the 2nd century AD, or for Atticus Greene Haygood, [1839-1896], Methodist bishop and educator was an outspoken opponent of lynching and a pioneer of education for Blacks, or for Atticus 'Bishop' Mullin, a Montgomery Advertiser reporter working in the 1930s.] Finch, Ike adult--county's sole Confederate veteran, had General Hood beard, visited once a year (84) {80} Finch, Jeremy Atticus < DD>child--broke arm when nearly 13 (9) {7} 4 years older than Scout (13) {10} Finch, John Hale [Jack] adult--uncle,10 years younger than Atticus (11) {9} studied medicine, lived in Nashville (50) {48} had cat named Rose Aylmer [named for Walter Savage Landor [1775-1864] poem] (86) {83} [John Hale, 1806,-1873, American lawyer, senator, and reformer who was prominent in the antislavery movement.] Finch, Simon adult--had 8 daughters, 1 son, nicknamed Welcome Finch (88) {84} Finch's Landing local place--homestead of Finches (10) {8} 366 steps down bluff to jetty (88) {84} First Purchase African M.E. place--only church with steeple & ball, in Quarters outside south town limits, by old sawmill tracks, called First Purchase because it was paid for from the first earnings of freed slaves (128) {124} Fisher, Miss Caroline adult--teacher from Winston County, no more than 21, crimson finger-nail polish (22) {20} boarded at Miss Maudie's (22) {21} --GATES to POPULAR MECHANICS Gates, Miss adult--taught Scout's class about Hitler, overheard as racist hypocrite by Scout (260) {249} geraniums flower--Mayella Ewell had 6 slop jars with red, "cared for tenderly", Miss Maudie did not like (182) {173} Gilmer, Horace DD>adult--solicitor from Abbotsville, between 40 & 60 years old, had slight cast in one eye (177) {168} Horace (198) {188} 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 5 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... Germany place--mentioned by Miss gates in school "G is a dictatorship" (258) {248} Graham surname - mother's maiden name, from Montgomery (12) {10} Gray Ghost, the book--bet by Dill (19) {17}, by Seckatary Hawkins (295) {283} Green, Maxwell adult--"court-appointed defenses were usually given to MG, Maycomb's latest addition to the bar...should have had Tom Robinson's case" (228) {218} Hancock, Francis child--grandson of Alexandra, son of Jimmy H, lived in Mobile, 1 year older than Scout (86) Hardy, Jim adult--attended 1st Purchase, absent 5 Sundays and wasn't sick (132) {124} Harris, Charles Baker child--Dill, "goin' on 7", from Meridian Mississippi (13) {11} Haverford surname - "name synonymous with jackass" (11) {9} Haverford, Rachel adult - lived next door, Dill's aunt, owned rat terrier (12) {11} had a glass of neat whiskey every morning (149) Hawkins, Seckatary author - wrote The Gray Ghost, read by Atticus (295) {283} [author of Stoner's Boy; Robert F. Schulkers, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926 Illustrations by Carl B. Williams. Pseudonym of Robert Schulkers. The Seckatary Hawkins stories originally appeared as newspaper stories in the Cincinnati Enquirer.] Heflin, Cotton Tom adult--"You tell Cecil I'm about as radical as CTH"--Atticus to Scout (264) {253} [talented orator & Democrat Senator] Hodge cat--mentioned by Uncle Jack in story to Scout (95) {91} [Samuel Johnson's cat. Johnson would go out and buy oysters for Hodge, so that the servants would not take a dislike to the animal from having to serve it themselves.] Howell, Dixie adult--player in football magazine, Scout said looked like Jem (112) {107} [popular U of AL football player in 1930s] Hutson, Brother adult--mentioned by Gertrude Farrow at Missionary meeting (245) {235} Ivanhoe book--read by Jem to Miss Dubose, by "Sir Walter Scout" (115) {110} Jackson, Andrew adult--(9) {8} [1767-1845, U.S. Military hero and 7th President] Jackson, Constance adult--attended 1st Purchase, erected only spite fence in history of Quarters (132) {124} Jackson, Stonewall adult--Cousin Ike talked about (84) {81} [Confederate lieutenant-general] Jacobs, Cecil child--"walked a total of one mile per school day to avoid the Radley Place and old Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose"(41) {39} recounted current event involving Adolf Hitler (257) {247} cow in Halloween pageant (266) {255} 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 6 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... scares Jem & Scout (269) {258} Jamaica place--Simon Finch worked his way there (9) {8} [island in West Indies] Jefferson, Thomas quoted by Atticus at trial (217) {207} [3rd President of U.S., author of The Declaration of Independence] Jessie adult--worked for Miss Dubose (111) {107} Jingle, Mr adult--Mayella sounded like (194) {185} [character in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Jitney Jungle business--Scout, Jem & Dill sheltered in door there (162) {153} [grocery store chain] Johnson, Harry adult--drove Mobile bus, had liver colored bird-dog named Tim Johnson (100) {96} Johnson, Tim animal--livered colored bird-dog, suspected of having rabies (100) {96} Jones, Ruth adult--the welfare lady (261) {251} Jones, Mr. Tensaw adult--voted the straight Prohibition ticket (170) {161} Ken adult--drove Maycomb's hearse (249) {277} Ladies' Law cited by Link Deas to Bob Ewell (263) {252} [The "Ladies' Law" states: "Any person who enters into, or goes sufficiently near to the dwelling house of another, and, in the presence or hearing of the family of the occupant thereof, or any member of his family; or any person who, in the presence or hearing of any girl or woman, uses abusive, insulting, or obscene language, must, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months." THE CODE OF ALABAMA, Vol. III -CRIMINAL [Nashville, Tenn.: Marshall and Bruce Company, 1907], p. 272.] Levy, Sam adult - Ku Klux paraded by his house one night (157) {149} Little, Chuck Little child--read Uncle Natchell advertisement, 100 years old in his knowledge of cows (257) {247} Lula adult--woman who bothered Calpurnia at church (129) {121} Mardi Gras event--Jem felt like he was going to (129) {120} [last day of Lenten carnival] Mayco Drugstore business--farmers studied enema bags in the window (145) {137} Maycomb local place--county seat, 20 miles east of Finch's Landing (10) {9} primary reason for existence: government; spared grubbiness (141) {133} Maycomb Amanuensis Club club--Alexandra was Secretary of (139) {131} Maycomb Bank Building business--Atticus moved his law office there after several years (160) {152} [Alice F Lee had her law office there] Maycomb, Colonel county named for, etc. (272) {260} Maycomb Jail business--between Tyndal's & Tribune, miniature gothic joke (161) {152} Maycomb Tribune, the newspaper--in Radley house (17) {15} 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 7 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... owned by Mr. B B Underwood (158) {150} published on Thursday (254) {243} [Monroe Journal still publishes on Thursdays. Was owned & edited by Lee's father] Meridian Highway local place - led to Barker's Eddy, good for hitching (252) {242} Merriweather surname - Every Third Merriweather Is Morbid (141) {134} Merriweather, Grace adult--her mother sipped gin & maybe she did too (142) {134} composed original pageant entitled Maycomb County: Ad Astra Per Aspera (266) {255} Merriweather, Sam adult--committed suicide, mentioned by Alexandra (139) {132} Mobile Press, the newspaper - read by Atticus (113) {108} Mobile Register, the newspaper--read by Scout (23) {21}, (157) {148} Mockingbird [any of several versatile songbirds of the New World family Mimidae, order Passeriformes] Montgomery Advertiser, the newspaper--carried cartoon of Atticus (126) {118} Mount Everest place--Aunt Alexandra might have been analogous to: she was cold & there (85) {82} [29,028 feet, highest mountain in world] Mrunas people--heard or misheard by Scout at Missionary meeting, Mrs Merriweather gave report on (241) {231} Scout learned more about (264) {253} NRA National Recovery Act, stickers on cars and store windows, killed by "9 old men" (264) {254} [ Roosevelt's measure for economic recovery, part of the New Deal] Nova Scotia place--Dill claimed to have visited (54) {52} [province on east coast of Canada, only Canadian place mentioned in Mockingbird] O.K. Cafe business--dim organization, on north side of town square, Mrs Dubose suggested Scout would end up waiting on tables there. (110) {106} trial watchers would overrun while jury was out (219) {210} Old Sarum local place--Cunninghams came from there (29) {27} [O S near Salisbury, England, an Early Iron Age fort taken over by the Romans.] Optic, Oliver author--drama based on his work (14) {12} [pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897, American teacher and author of juvenile literature.] Penfield surname--Alexandra said all P women were flighty (140) {132} Pensacola place--Nathan Radley lived there (19) {17} [city in Florida , 58 miles from Mobile] Perkins, Mrs adult--attended Missionary meeting (247) {236} Pinkham, Lydia E. adult--Grace Merriweather may have sipped gin out of LEP bottles (142) {134} [maker & manufacturer of patent medicines in late 1800s] Popular Mechanics magazine--read by Jem (232) {222} --- 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 8 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... RADLEY to ZEEBO Radley surname--Old Mr., Mrs, Nathan, Arthur (9) {7} foot-washing Baptists (51) {49} Radley, Arthur adult--Boo, lived 3 doors south (12) {11} Radley, Nathan adult--older brother of Boo, "bought cotton", returned from Pensacola when old Mr. R died (19) {17} Raymond, Dolphus adult--drank coca-cola outside courthouse, etc. (212) {203} Reeves, Annette adult--Missionary Society met at her place on Tuesday (131) {123} Reynolds, Agnes child--daughter of Dr R (277) {266} Reynolds, Dr adult--Physician, tended Mr Radley (19) {16} accepted entailments (28) {26} tended Mrs Dubose (120) {115} tended Jem (278){267} Richardson, Carlow adult - slow in contributing at 1st Purchase (133) {125} Robinson, Helen adult--wife of Tom (131) {125} Robinson, Sam child--son of Tom & Helen (253) {242} Robinson, Tom adult--member of Calpurnia's church (83) {80} alleged to have raped Mayella Ewell on the night of November 21st (177) {168} 35 years old, 3 children, etc. (202) {192} Rockefeller mentioned by Atticus at trial (218) {208} [1839-1937, U.S. industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company.] Roosevelt, Mrs "...lost her mind coming down to Birmingham..." (247) {237} [Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, wife of Franklin, niece of Theodore. First Lady, 1933-45] The Rover Boys [Series of books written by Arthur M. Winfield, pseudonym of Edward Stratemeyer. The Rover Boys are brothers Dick, Tom and Sam. They are the sons of wealthy businessman Anderson Rover and live on a Hudson River valley farm with their uncle and aunt, Randolph and Martha Rover. They go to school at Putnam Hall.] Seaton, Windy author--writer of sports column read by Atticus (119) {115} Second Battle of Marne event--how Miss Maudie swept down on nut-grass (49) {47} [1st WW offensive of allies against Germany] Shadrach game--played in Sunday School (127){119} [from Daniel 3 of the Bible] Simpson, Eunice Ann child--tied to chair in Sunday School (127) {119} St. Clair, Joshua S adult--wrote Meditations of JSStC, cousin, "went round the bend at University" (142) {135} jail was something like what JSStC might have designed (161) {152} 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 9 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... Slade, Mr. Jake adult--cutting his 3rd set of teeth (170) {161} Sophy adult--worked for Grace Merriweather (245) {235} Spender surname--Dolphus Raymond was supposed to marry one but "after the rehearsal the bride went upstairs and blew her head off..." (172) {163} Sweetly Sings the Donkey song--"associated with liking fiddling..." (247) {222} [Sweetly sings the donkey/ At the break of day/ If you do not feed him/ This is what he'll say/ "Oh dear, oh my,/Oh dear, oh my, my,my!"] Sykes, Reverend adult - Reverend at First Purchase African M.E. (130) {122} "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'." (224) {214} Tarzan and the Ant Men book--Scout was not to request enacting of (22) {20} Tate, Heck adult--Sheriff of Maycomb County, wore boots, lumber jacket, bullets in belt, etc. (102) {98} testified at trial (177) {168} Taylor, Ann fat nondescript dog of Judge Taylor (262) {251} Taylor, Bob adult - works read by Judge, "fruity metaphors and florid diction" (262) {251} [author, orator, Governor, Senator] Taylor, John adult - Judge (83) {80} threw Cunningham case out of court after 9 hours of testimony on grounds of "Champertous connivance" (176) {168} not a Sunday-night churchgoer (261) {251} wife made divinity (270) {259} Time magazine--read by Scout (39) {37} Tuscaloosa Alabama place - site of asylum (17) {15} [site of U of AL, 202 miles north of Mobile] Tyndal's Hardware business--"You name it we sell it", supplied fans at First Purchase African M.E. (130) {122} Uncle Natchell story or advertisement read by Little Chuck Little (257) {247} [spokesperson for Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda--a fertilizer advertised in the 1930s in newspapers] Underwood, Braxton Bragg adult--owned local paper, christened BB by father "in fey fit of humor", etc. (167) {158}, refreshed himself from a gallon jug of cherry wine V.J. Elmore's business--Scout got twirling baton there (109) {106} [Chain of variety stores founded by Virgil Jackson Elmore. By 1942 there were 42 stores in operation. The first Elmore store opened in Greenville, Butler County, in November 1934.] Waller, Byron adult--could play the violin (170) {161} Wesley, John adult--Simon Finch was mindful of strictures of (10) {8} Wheeler, Brigadier General Joe Dill claimed as grandfather (55) {52} Winston Swamp local place--"a place totally devoid of interest" (141) {133} Wrigley's Double-Mint food--first gift from Boo, found in tree by Scout (40) {38} Zeebo adult - collected Tim Johnson's body (106) {102} son of Calpurnia, led hymns at First Purchase African M.E. (131) {123} --- 4/5/2008 8:03 AM References in To Kill a Mockingbird 10 of 10 http://web.archive.org/web/20060827164258/mockingbird.chebucto.org/... Main Page - FAQ - Events - Novel - Film - Tests Other Works - Readings - Biography - Monroeville References - Why - Outside Links - Discussions --I am always interested in reading and writing about To Kill a Mockingbird. Jane Kansas + kansas at chebucto.ca Last revised 25 May 2004. 4/5/2008 8:03 AM