The town, with about 6,500 residents, gave birth to two of America’s most important writers — Harper Lee and Truman Capote. (AP Photo/Universal, File)In addition, the coalition plans to build replicas of three homes from her novel. Lee’s novel deals directly with racism in the American South, and Chuchwell feared that racists could use such a tourist destination as a kind of ground zero. Washington Post book critic Ron Charles explains how Harper Lee will be remembered. President George W. Bush honors author Harper Lee with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2016 09:31 UTC