Remembering Scout, The Real Hero Of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

The deeply influential and remarkably private author Harper Lee died yesterday, and readers responded with touching reflections on her life and work. Because Lee was notorious for declining interviews and closely guarding the details of her personal life, to celebrate her is to celebrate her writing. And to celebrate her writing, most critics and fans would agree, is to celebrate To Kill a Mockingbird, the only novel she’d ever published until a prequel-sequel was released last year, with dubi...