The Little Locksmith

The Little Locksmith
First edition
AuthorKatharine Butler Hathaway
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCoward-McCann (first edition)
The Feminist Press (2000 edition)

The Little Locksmith is a 1943 memoir by Katharine Butler Hathaway about the effects of spinal tuberculosis on her childhood and adult life. The book was reviewed contemporaneously in The New York Times,[1] the Beaumont Journal,[2] the Calgary Herald,[3] and The Toronto Star,[4] while reviews of the 2000 edition were taken in Newsday.[5]

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.[6]

Publication history

  • New York: Coward-McCann, 1943 (first ed.)[1]
  • New York: The Feminist Press, 2000 (reissue with afterword)[7]

Pop culture

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

References

  1. 1 2 Wagenknecht, Edward (October 24, 1943). "A Shining Faith; The Little Locksmith". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "New Books". Beaumont Journal. October 27, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Hill, Lettie Ann (November 6, 1943). "She Always Looked Out of the Window". p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Poignant and Starry-Eyed is The Little Locksmith". The Toronto Star. October 16, 1943. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Daly, Meg (September 3, 2000). "A Butterfly, Released". Newsday. p. B14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Hathaway, Katharine Butler (February 1, 1943). "The Little Locksmith". The Atlantic. ISSN 2151-9463. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Little Locksmith: A Memoir". Feminist Press. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
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