"Lee once said she wanted to be South Alabama’s Jane Austen, but became an enigma when she stopped speaking to press in 1964 after her whirlwind success. How and why this happened is a mystery we unravel in the new version of the documentary,' said Murphy.” Its remarkable discovery allows readers of Lee’s beloved classic the chance to see Atticus and Scout again. “' Go Set a Watchman was written before To Kill a Mockingbird and believed to be lost or destroyed. The author of Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird, Murphy was able to read an advance copy of the new novel Go Set a Watchman before updating the film.” "In honor of that landmark literary event, on July 10, 2015, American Masters presented a newly updated version of Emmy®-winning filmmaker Mary McDonagh Murphy’s 2012 documentary Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, broadcast as Harper Lee: American Masters. Then 55 years later on July 14, 2015, Lee’s earliest known work, Go Set a Watchman, featuring characters from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published.” "One of the most influential American novels of the 20th century and biggest bestsellers of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) was believed to be the first and only novel by Nelle Harper Lee (Ap– February 19, 2016). The description below is from PBS American Masters at : Harper Lee: Hey, Boo was updated as Harper Lee: American Masters and released July 10, 2015.
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