Margaret Mitchell
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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for whic
Mitchell in 1941
Photo of a young woman (likely Mitchell) on the front porch of Rural Home, circa 1920
Stereoscope card showing the business district on Peachtree Street ca. 1907. The Mitchells' new home was about 3 miles from here.
"The Dump", now the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
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
Margaret Mitchell
…1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Long after her…
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.