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title: 'Bob, the Story of Our Mocking-Bird'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1899-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Poetry'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 104'
- 'Matthew 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lanier-1899-bob-the-story-of-our-mocking-bird
---

# Bob, the Story of Our Mocking-Bird

Sidney Lanier's literary memoir recounts rescuing and raising 'Bob' the mockingbird, blending natural observation, poetic sketches, and affectionate biography of the bird.

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