by Casey Cep
Harper Lee writing in her family’s law office in Monroeville. Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
Harper Lee and Truman Capote walking up Second Avenue in New York City in 1976. Harry Benson
The check Harper Lee wrote court reporter Mary Ann Karr, including the thorough memo line.
The Horseshoe Bend Motel in Alexander City, where Harper Lee stayed while reporting and where the jury was sequestered during the Burns trial. Tichnor Brothers Inc.
Harper, Alice, and Louise: the three Lee sisters together at the Alabama History and Heritage Festival in Eufaula in 1983. The Eufaula Tribune
Visitors to 433 East Eighty-Second Street might never have noticed “Lee-H” beside “1E,” though the writer’s name was on the door buzzer of her New York City building for decades.
Harper Lee in her room at the Meadows in Monroeville. Penny Weaver
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