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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Amasa_Coleman_LeeAmasa Coleman Lee - Wikipedia

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   Amasa Coleman Lee (July 19, 1880 – April 15, 1962) was an American newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer. He was the father of acclaimed novelist Harper Lee.

2. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2018/12/17The Contested Legacy of Atticus Finch | The New Yorker

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   Dec 10, 2018 · Amasa Coleman Lee, the model for the man who was to be a model among men, was born twenty years before the start of the twentieth century, not long after his own father...

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4. time.com › 3928162Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and Civil Rights | TIME

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   Jun 26, 2015 · Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee, was a lot like Scout’s father Atticus Finch, and she clearly sketched him and local events when creating the plot of Mockingbird.

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   Jul 12, 2015 · The book, to be released Tuesday, also could reshape the legacy of Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee, who was the model for Atticus Finch—the cerebral lawyer who faces down a lynch mob...

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   It is widely believed that Harper Lee based the character of Atticus Finch on her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a compassionate and dedicated lawyer. The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird was reportedly inspired in part by his unsuccessful defense of two African American men—a father and a son—accused of murdering a white storekeeper.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2016/02/21 › usHarper Lee Is Memorialized as She Lived: Quietly and Privately

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   Feb 20, 2016 · She was buried at Pineville Cemetery near the church, next to her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, who was the role model for her fictional character Atticus Finch, and near the graves of her...

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   Who was Amasa Coleman Lee?

   • Amasa Coleman Lee (July 19, 1880 – April 15, 1962) was an American newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer . Lee was born in Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama in 1880 to Cader Alexander Lee, a Confederate veteran, and his wife, the former Theodosia Windham.

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   Is Atticus Finch based on Amasa Coleman Lee?

   • Atticus Finch, the lawyer character in the novel, is reputedly based, at least in part, on Amasa Coleman Lee. In addition to teaching school, A.C. Lee became a clerk/bookkeeper at the Flat Creek sawmill in Finchburg. In 1912 the Lees moved to Monroeville, the county seat, which had about 1300 residents in the 1930s.

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   Did Harper Lee see his faults in 'Go Set a watchman'?

   • However heroic A.C. had seemed to her as a child, the adult Harper Lee could see his faults, even if she could not quite parse them in prose. In “Go Set a Watchman,” her first attempt at fictionalizing him, Scout is twenty-six and living in New York, doing what, exactly, we never learn.

   The Contested Legacy of Atticus Finch | The New Yorker

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   What happened after Amasa and Frances married?

   • After Amasa and Frances married, they settled in the county seat, Monroeville, where A.C., as he was known, had accepted a position managing a railroad line for a local law firm. On the side, he taught himself law, passed the bar exam, and got his name added to the shingle.

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9. www.usatoday.com › story › lifeBooks reflect on why 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Atticus Finch ...

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   Jun 25, 2018 · Amasa Coleman Lee was a lawyer, journalist and politician in Alabama, who inspired his daughter Harper Lee to create Atticus Finch, the iconic character in "To Kill a Mockingbird". Learn more about his life, legacy and his daughter's literary masterpiece in two new books.