Pequot Library
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The Pequot Library is an association and special collections library in Southport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1887, and opened in 1894. The library is known for its robust special collections, including William Shakespeare's First Folio, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and William Morris' work with the Kelmscott Press, as well as the first cookbook ever printed, De honesta voluptae et valetudine. The Library also has a vast circulating collection of over 116,000 books, archives, and other texts.
Image: Pequot Library 1894 historic building
A period photograph of Pequot Library founder Virginia Marquand Monroe, Frederick Marquand, as well as husband Elbert and child.
Covered Ewer by Frederick Marquand, 1827. It was presented to noted New York City surgeon Valentine Mott and is now on permanent display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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 Reconstruction Era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea". This historical novel features a coming-of-age story, with the title taken from the poem "Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae", written by Ernest Dowson.
The Bonnie Blue Flag is an 1861 marching song that refers to the first unofficial flag of the Confederacy.
Mitchell worried the high $3.00 price would ruin its chance for success. By the time Mary Louise received this copy from Mother and Dad in December 1937, the novel was the top American fiction bestseller for the second year in a row.
1940 Women's Press Club skit in which Mammy Congress puts Scarlett O'Budgett into her corset before going to a 'lection party.