Let Confederate Myths Be 'Gone with the Wind'

     I’ll be honest, the first time I read “Gone with the Wind” as a youth, I was overcome by the pageantry of Southern plantations with their knights and ladies served by contented “darkies.” I was angered by those mean-spirited Yankees who destroyed this idyllic way of life.     
     My myopia grew worse when, as a reporter, I interviewed the woman who played the photographic double for Scarlett O’Hara in the movie version. She stood in for leading lady Vivien Leigh for long-distance sh...