{"product_id":"atticus-finch-joseph-crespino-9781541644939","title":"Atticus Finch: The Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eWho was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The publication of \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAtticus Finch\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eWatchman\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eAtticus Finch\u003c\/i\u003e is essential to understanding Harper Lee, her novels, and her times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Crespino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154164493X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541644939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Joseph Crespino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045392773375,"sku":"9781541644939","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54c71413-8357-4588-892a-333ef3201788.jpg?v=1684978478","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atticus-finch-joseph-crespino-9781541644939","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}