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Who was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend
The publication of
Go Set a Watchman
in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are we to understand this transformation?
In
Atticus Finch
, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist. Harper Lee created the Atticus of
Watchman
out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segregationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in
To Kill a Mockingbird
to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions. A story of family and literature amid the upheavals of the twentieth century,
is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.
The publication of
Go Set a Watchman
in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are we to understand this transformation?
In
Atticus Finch
, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist. Harper Lee created the Atticus of
Watchman
out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segregationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in
To Kill a Mockingbird
to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions. A story of family and literature amid the upheavals of the twentieth century,
is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.
Who was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend
The publication of
Go Set a Watchman
in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are we to understand this transformation?
In
Atticus Finch
, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist. Harper Lee created the Atticus of
Watchman
out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segregationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in
To Kill a Mockingbird
to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions. A story of family and literature amid the upheavals of the twentieth century,
is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.
The publication of
Go Set a Watchman
in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are we to understand this transformation?
In
Atticus Finch
, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books. A lawyer and newspaperman, A. C. Lee was a principled opponent of mob rule, yet he was also a racial paternalist. Harper Lee created the Atticus of
Watchman
out of the ambivalence she felt toward white southerners like him. But when a militant segregationist movement arose that mocked his values, she revised the character in
To Kill a Mockingbird
to defend her father and to remind the South of its best traditions. A story of family and literature amid the upheavals of the twentieth century,
is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.
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