Clayton County, Georgia
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Clayton County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 297,595 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The county seat is Jonesboro.
Clayton County Courthouse in Jonesboro
Gone with the Wind (novel)
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Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstr
Clayton County, Georgia
…Clayton Connects Rural Home, the real-life plantation house that inspired Tara in the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind, was in Clayton County. It was the home of Annie Fitzgerald Stephens, the model for the character Scarlett O'Hara. Large parts of Margaret Mitchell's…
First-edition cover
The Bonnie Blue Flag is an 1861 marching song that refers to the first unofficial flag of the Confederacy.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864.
Mitchell worried the high $3.00 price would ruin its chance for success. When Mary Louise received this copy from Mother and Dad in December 1937, the novel was the best American fiction bestseller for the second year.