{"product_id":"atticus-finch-the-biography-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Crespino\u003c\/b\u003e is the Jimmy Carter Professor of history at Emory University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Another Country\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2008 Lillian Smith Book Award from the Southern Regional Council, and \u003ci\u003eStrom Thurmond's America\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493921788178,"sku":"9781541644939","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9882f51-2495-4419-bfbb-6d7df7ab986c.jpg?v=1730659065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/atticus-finch-the-biography-9781541644939","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}