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Tag: Go Set A Watchman

Harper Lee 1926-2016

On February 19, 2016 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, Women in History, Writers4 Comments

Obituary The literary world is mourning tonight the death of one of its most illustrious yet enigmatic authors. It is a sadness that will be shared by lovers of good literature everywhere. Nelle Harper Lee was a literary phenomenon. For a novelist whose body of published work consisted -until last year - of only one …

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A Valued Opinion

On August 14, 2015 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, race relations, Writing and PublishingLeave a comment

A few days ago, I wrote a short review of Harper Lee's novel Go Set A Watchman. Before reading the book and writing the review, I had made a determined effort not to read what others were saying about it. Having caught some of the press headlines, and noting their negativity, I feared that if …

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Go Set A Watchman

On July 30, 2015 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Books, race relations, Writing and Publishing8 Comments

by Harper Lee A Review 'It had never occurred to Jean Louise that she was a girl: her life had been one of reckless pummeling activity . . . she must now go into a world of femininity, a world she despised.' On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman in Montgomery, Alabama refused …

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