Harper lee i am scout biography

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in America, and one of the most frequently assigned in high school English classes.

It is also one of the best loved.

The tomboy Scout and attorney/father Atticus are two of the most vivid characters in US literature.

Surprisingly, author Harper Lee never completed another novel, although she probably contributed at least half of the research and writing of Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood.

Two books by Charles J.

Shields explore why Lee never produced another work of fiction, why she dressed and acted the way she did, how the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird lived up to her expectations, and how true to life her story was.

In Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, Charles J.

Shields explored Nelle Harper Lee’s childhood and how it shaped her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. He also told of Nelle’s friendship with neighbor Truman Capote, her days at the U