{"product_id":"atticus-finch-1","title":"Atticus Finch","description":"\u003cb\u003eWho was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41518378582194,"sku":"9781541644939","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_4a17b729-3d73-47e1-aa32-1517811f177e.jpg?v=1772213522","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/atticus-finch-1","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}