Mockingbird : A Portrait of Harper Lee

To Kill a Mickinbird-the twentieth century's most widely read American novel - has sold forty million copies and still sells a million copies yearly. In this definitive biography first published in 2006, Charles J. Shields brings to life the woman who gave us two of American literature's most unforgettable characters, Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. With revisions throughout the book and a new epilogue, Shields finishes the story of Harper Lee's life. New episodes include her former agent's attempt to transfer the copyright for To Kill a Mockingbird to himself, the death of Lee's dear sister Alice at age 103, the discovery of an unsigned article by Harper Lee that told the story of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood first, and-most vitally-the unveiling of the mystery surrounding the stunning release of Lee's long-hidden first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, which became the most controversial novel of 2016, Go Set a Watchman. Book jacket.