The Little Locksmith
 First edition | |
| Author | Katharine Butler Hathaway |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Coward-McCann (first edition) The Feminist Press (2000 edition) |
| Publication date | October 25, 1943[1] |
| Pages | 237[2] |
The Little Locksmith is a 1943 memoir by Katharine Butler Hathaway about the effects of spinal tuberculosis on her childhood and adult life.
Synopsis
[edit]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.[3]
Reception and in pop culture
[edit]The book was reviewed contemporaneously in Kirkus Reviews,[1] The New York Times,[2] the Beaumont Journal,[4] the Calgary Herald,[5] and The Toronto Star,[6] while reviews of the 2000 edition were taken in Newsday and Publishers Weekly.[7][8]
The book is referenced in the Gilmore Girls episode "Help Wanted".
Publication history
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "The Little Locksmith". Kirkus Reviews. October 1, 1943. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Wagenknecht, Edward (October 24, 1943). "A Shining Faith; The Little Locksmith". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Hathaway, Katharine Butler (February 1, 1943). "The Little Locksmith". The Atlantic. ISSN 2151-9463. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
- ↑ "New Books". Beaumont Journal. October 27, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hill, Lettie Ann (November 6, 1943). "She Always Looked Out of the Window". p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Poignant and Starry-Eyed is The Little Locksmith". The Toronto Star. October 16, 1943. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Daly, Meg (September 3, 2000). "A Butterfly, Released". Newsday. p. B14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Little Locksmith". Publishers Weekly. July 3, 2000. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ "The Little Locksmith: A Memoir". Feminist Press. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
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