{"product_id":"13454-lee-harper-autograph-note-about-her-biography","title":"Lee, Harper. (1926-2016) Autograph Note About Her Biography","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eAutograph note from the beloved American author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e, expressing her dissatisfaction with Charles Shields' 2006 biography, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eMockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, from Scout to Go Set a Watchman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e Dated 4 December [2007]. Lee writes: \"Dear Mr. Meade: Thank you for your most kind letter \u0026amp; pictures. I did so enjoy them. As for the 'portrait,' it was so highly inaccurate as to be worthless. I was unrecognizable even to myself. They will do these things - Sincerely, Harper Lee.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eWritten on both sides of her monogrammed card, with original transmissal envelope. In fine condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe recipient of the present letter had corresponded with Charles Shields about the accuracy of the biography, on which Charles Shields commented: \"I gave her the opportunity to read the manuscript. Instead she called friends and asked them not to cooperate... Harper Lee is a very difficult woman... A genuine portrait would limn the life of a bullying, alcoholic dyke who made it big with a book cobbled together by her editor.\" \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eCopies of the complete email exchange between Shields and Meade will be provided to the buyer.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093518373023,"sku":"13454","price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lee_Harper_ALS_13454_001.jpg?v=1722188557","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13454-lee-harper-autograph-note-about-her-biography","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}