Two new books, "Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters" and "Atticus Finch: A Biography," look at the significance of Harper Lee's classic. A review.

The revelation that Harper Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman” depicts Atticus Finch as a segregationist has prompted dismay among many awaiting the book’s release and an uncomfortable ...

Atticus Finch’s dark side emerges in Harper Lee’s new book, “Go Set a Watchman.” — -- In the classic book and iconic film “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch stood as a ...

NEW YORK - Like her classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Harper Lee novel coming out Tuesday is a coming of age story.. And not just for Scout Finch. "Go Set a Watchman" is set in the famous ...

A new side of the beloved character was revealed in "Watchman." Gregory Peck, as Atticus Finch, stands in a courtroom in a scene from "To Kill A Mockingbird" in 1962. — -- The lead character ...

Alabama's Nelle Harper Lee is known for her book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and shares many similar life experiences with her main character, Scout Finch. Lee grew up in the 1930s in Monroeville ...

The South came to idolize Atticus Finch because he confronted the issue of race in a way that white Southerner liberals and moderates in the ’60s wish they could have had they lived back in ’30s.

Harper Lee’s newly published novel "Go Set a Watchman" offers a dramatically different tone and take on the character Atticus Finch from her beloved work "To Kill a Mockingbird." Jeffrey Brown ...