The Little Locksmith

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First edition (publ. Coward-McCann)

The Little Locksmith is a memoir by Katharine Butler Hathaway about the effects of spinal tuberculosis on her childhood and adult life.

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Synopsis

Hathaway recounts a childhood immobilized on a treatment board, her hard-won mobility, artistic ambitions, and later life in Castine, Maine. Selections appeared in The Atlantic shortly before book publication. [1]

Publication history

Pop culture

The book is referenced in the Gilmore Girls episode "Help Wanted". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hathaway, Katharine Butler (February 1, 1943). "The Little Locksmith". The Atlantic. ISSN   2151-9463 . Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ Wagenknecht, Edward (October 24, 1943). "A Shining Faith; The Little Locksmith". The New York Times . Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Little Locksmith: A Memoir". Feminist Press. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2.20 - Help Wanted - (41)" . Retrieved September 2, 2016.

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