{"id":91871,"date":"2016-03-30T08:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=91871"},"modified":"2016-03-30T08:53:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:53:53","slug":"to-kill-a-mockingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=91871","title":{"rendered":"To Kill A Mockingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comments<\/a>: To Kill a Mockingbird was very heavily fictionalized account of Harper Lee\u2019s real lawyer and journalist father. It was written and rewritten to suit the left-wing New York literary tastes of the times.<\/p>\n

In reality Harper Lee\u2019s lawyer father was assigned the defense a black father and son who were tried, found guilty and executed(hanged) by the state of Alabama for the murder of a store owner. I could not find evidence of a lynching but there was the possibility of post execution mutilation of the bodies. This caused a great strain on the Lee family with Harper Lee\u2019s mother having mental health problems for the rest of her life. She died when Harper Lee was 25.<\/p>\n

Harper Lee\u2019s father left the law and became a small time Journalist. In the later matter of a rape case, where the evidence was conflicted, and both the black rapist , an ex-con, and the white victim were believed to have serious mental health and cognitive issues, Mr Lee argued that capital punishment was too harsh a penalty for the crime. His argument carried the day. There was no serious threat of lynching.<\/p>\n

Harper Lee had a interesting and at times courageous father. He was not a saint or a staunch champion of southern blacks. He seems to have been a realist and not a Hollywood left-wing icon by any means.<\/p>\n

Harper Lee went on to be of great help to Truman Capote in developing In Cold Blood the first landmark true crime novel. That is her true literary legacy IMHO.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Harper Lee became a famous recluse because deep down inside she feels she sold out her convictions and wished To Kill a Mockingbird was more factual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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