A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

by John Grisham

Jake had often wondered why every small Southern town had an Adams, a Jefferson, and a Washington, but no Lincoln or Grant.

Judging from the mail I’ve received over the past 30 years, there are indeed a number of Lincoln Streets and Grant Streets all over the South. I stand corrected. However, their number pales in comparison to the Washingtons, Jeffersons, Adams, and, especially, the Lee Streets.