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Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O’Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imagination—indeed, it is the basis for the legend she created.
Gone With the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become the most popular motion picture of all time. It was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled—and it shattered Margaret Mitchell’s private life.
In this commemorative reprint of Road to Tara, Anne Edwards tells the real story of Margaret Mitchell and the extraordinary novel that has become part of our heritage.
Gone With the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become the most popular motion picture of all time. It was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled—and it shattered Margaret Mitchell’s private life.
In this commemorative reprint of Road to Tara, Anne Edwards tells the real story of Margaret Mitchell and the extraordinary novel that has become part of our heritage.
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First published April 1, 1983
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December 28, 2014
Margaret Mitchell, almost by accident and, it would appear, with a great deal of angst, wrote the best-selling book of all time (other than the Bible) - I should now say one of the best-selling books, though it's still quite high on the list. It's a simple-sounding yarn, girl wants boy she can't have and is loved by someone she doesn't appreciate. Throw in a little 'ole Civil War and fiddle-dee-dee, you've got yourself a novel.
What's fascinating about Margaret Mitchell is the bundle of contradictions that she seems to have been. She's almost paranoid about hiding the fact that she's written a book, and then she shows up at the hotel where the Macmillan representative is staying, hair flying and stockings falling, and dumps umpteen manila envelopes into his arms. She says that she craves privacy and yet writes hundreds and thousands of letters to authors, fans, strangers telling a great deal about herself. She was supposedly intensely shy yet she shocked Atlanta society by performing an "Apache" dance which was seen as almost obscene.
I have nothing but admiration for those who worked with and for Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh. She seems to have been funny, generous and certainly interesting, but her mercurial nature, especially during the preparation of the novel for publication, would have driven me to drink. She had a great story to tell, but she was so desperately unequipped for the process and then for the attention that she had to have transferred that stress onto those who loved her.
Anne Edwards had a difficult task in writing Road to Tara in that some of the people closest to Mitchell, such as her brother Stephens, were still around during the research process, and Stephens especially was very protective of his sister's legacy. It will be interesting to read biographies that have been published in intervening years in order to determine if there are things that had to be left unsaid in this one.
What's fascinating about Margaret Mitchell is the bundle of contradictions that she seems to have been. She's almost paranoid about hiding the fact that she's written a book, and then she shows up at the hotel where the Macmillan representative is staying, hair flying and stockings falling, and dumps umpteen manila envelopes into his arms. She says that she craves privacy and yet writes hundreds and thousands of letters to authors, fans, strangers telling a great deal about herself. She was supposedly intensely shy yet she shocked Atlanta society by performing an "Apache" dance which was seen as almost obscene.
I have nothing but admiration for those who worked with and for Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh. She seems to have been funny, generous and certainly interesting, but her mercurial nature, especially during the preparation of the novel for publication, would have driven me to drink. She had a great story to tell, but she was so desperately unequipped for the process and then for the attention that she had to have transferred that stress onto those who loved her.
Anne Edwards had a difficult task in writing Road to Tara in that some of the people closest to Mitchell, such as her brother Stephens, were still around during the research process, and Stephens especially was very protective of his sister's legacy. It will be interesting to read biographies that have been published in intervening years in order to determine if there are things that had to be left unsaid in this one.
June 22, 2010
Although an entertaining read, Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell reads more like a novel than history, which does have some not so great consequences. Edwards does shed some much-needed light on the personality of Margaret Mitchell and documents the creation of the novel, but she lacks any factual support. I learned, in fact, from reading Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Wind that there are many historical inaccuracies here. Some of the general facts--such as the Nazi's banning of GWTW in occupied Europe and the resulting black market sales--are correct; but, she does alter dates and facts to create, I suppose, a more invigorating, entertaining read rather than straight-up history. This erroneous approach is frustrating for anyone who wants to learn about Mitchell or Gone with the Wind. Indeed, I feel very frustrated learning about the inaccuracies in this biography because I really did enjoy reading it. I recommend Southern Daughter to anyone interested in learning about Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (novel and film), and Southern culture in general rather than this attempt.
Sadly, there are only three biographies about Mitchell: this one, one from the fifties--I'm sure it's a skewered portrait, and Southern Daughter. Why Margaret Mitchell and GWTW have received such a scant amount of critical attention is strange to me, especially considering the fact that it has sold as many copies as the Bible--the only book to outsell it! Knowing academics (heck, I'm an amateur one), I believe most would prefer to appear edgy, cool, and "liberal"* by condemning the novel rather than trying to understand its popularity, what it says about both 19th century Georgia and the 1930s, and the rationale behind white southerners during that time. You have to study the bad in order to learn anything about the good. I guess some people don't feel that way. Whatever.
*I put liberal in quotation marks because, although a liberal myself, I feel most people I know who refer to themselves that way live by a specific, clicheic idea of what "liberal" actually means rather than embracing the true definition. Sadly, caricatured images of "liberal" and "conservative" seem to be more what people want to associate with instead of actually doing any good for other people. Frankly, I'm really sick of people calling themselves either "liberal" or "conservative"; just share your opinions and forget labels, people!
Sadly, there are only three biographies about Mitchell: this one, one from the fifties--I'm sure it's a skewered portrait, and Southern Daughter. Why Margaret Mitchell and GWTW have received such a scant amount of critical attention is strange to me, especially considering the fact that it has sold as many copies as the Bible--the only book to outsell it! Knowing academics (heck, I'm an amateur one), I believe most would prefer to appear edgy, cool, and "liberal"* by condemning the novel rather than trying to understand its popularity, what it says about both 19th century Georgia and the 1930s, and the rationale behind white southerners during that time. You have to study the bad in order to learn anything about the good. I guess some people don't feel that way. Whatever.
*I put liberal in quotation marks because, although a liberal myself, I feel most people I know who refer to themselves that way live by a specific, clicheic idea of what "liberal" actually means rather than embracing the true definition. Sadly, caricatured images of "liberal" and "conservative" seem to be more what people want to associate with instead of actually doing any good for other people. Frankly, I'm really sick of people calling themselves either "liberal" or "conservative"; just share your opinions and forget labels, people!
February 20, 2016
My mother would have loved this book and its very fascinating.
August 6, 2011
I enjoyed this biography of Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With the Wind. It was a brisk, easy read. However, I was disappointed in I didn't find what I was looking for. I was hoping I would find more details on what readings/education Margaret Mitchell had that framed her mindset when writing her famous novel. It didn't go into that kind of "getting into her head" which I was hoping to find. That being said, perhaps I was looking for something that wasn't there. If that's the case, Margaret Mitchell was a literary genius.
There was at least one (glaring) error on the biographer's part. Thomas Mitchell who played Gerald O'Hara in the movie (Scarlett's father) did NOT win an Oscar for his role; he won for Stagecoach, the same year as Gone With the Wind swept the Oscars, but not for his role in Gone With the Wind.
There was at least one (glaring) error on the biographer's part. Thomas Mitchell who played Gerald O'Hara in the movie (Scarlett's father) did NOT win an Oscar for his role; he won for Stagecoach, the same year as Gone With the Wind swept the Oscars, but not for his role in Gone With the Wind.
March 19, 2025
I’m a slut for Scarlett O’Hara
September 6, 2021
This is a very satisfying biography. If you have any awareness and appreciation of ‘Gone With The Wind’ (the novel or the epic movie), this biography will be of great interest. Margaret Mitchell only ever wrote one book, and it turned out to be one of the best selling, most loved novels of all time. And, ironically, having her only novel published actually tainted the rest of Margaret Mitchell’s life. Her fascinating story is recounted in detail in this well written, well researched biography. The book reveals Margaret Mitchell as a talented writer but also a difficult, opinionated, complex woman - much like her famous protagonist, Scarlett O’Hara. In fact, her personality was so problematic, misguided, and contradictory, that we should feel fortunate that Margaret Mitchell even produced such a culturally revered classic as ‘Gone With The Wind’.
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February 17, 2021I keep looking for something. I haven't found it yet.
April 5, 2016
This is a very detailed book and Anne Edwards must have done a great deal of research in order to compile such a thoroughly personal biography. One of the things I found most fascinating was the striking parallels between the characters in 'Gone With The Wind' and the people that surrounded Margaret Mitchell during her life, which the author highlights in the narrative. I have to admit that I found the first half of the book a bit laboured in places; it seemed to take forever to get to the point where 'Gone With The Wind' is actually published. Having said that, the author does write well enough to convey a real sense of the complicated personality that was Margaret Mitchell. Apart from everything else, she seems to have been more than usually accident-prone, almost as if she was destined to die young.
August 24, 2014
This bio tells Peggy Mitchell's life from childhood to her untimely death. Her insecurities, her somewhat social awkwardness, her love of city & state, her secrets, & her strange obsession with not having anything to track her are all chronicled here. There are rare photos included, & it's a fascinating look at her & the background behind one of the most beloved books/films of all time.
November 8, 2022
Hmmmmmm. Well. I must admit that Edwards did a great job with making a "biography" that was an easy read for me. However, the subject of the biography, Margaret Mitchell, was a tough woman for me to understand and by the end, almost impossible to sympathize with.
There is a reason Scarlett O'Hara had a bias toward the Civil War, the South, the Ku Klux Klan and black people. If Ms. Edwards is to be believed, Scarlett IS Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell on paper. Raised in a family that fully believed the South had been cheated of its rights by an unjust war perpetrated by the North, Mitchell never did break free of the Southern belle mentality. While she could be generous with the many black people in her circle, they were still, in her mind, second class citizens.
But more distressing than this is what one sees happen to Ms. Mitchell as she goes from an insecure and rather naive young woman to the famous author of the most famous books of its time. Rather than using her fame for good, Mitchell spent most of the rest of her life as a virago who claimed she wanted privacy in one minute, then chastised her friends for ignoring her when they gave her that privacy; who looked upon anyone involved with marketing her book as "chiselers"; who used her illnesses as an excuse to do what she wanted, when she wanted; and who worked her husband into an early grave with her needs and demands.
Again, a biography is written from a particular point of view, and many readers have quibbled with Edwards' lack of documentation and a somewhat harsh picture of the famous author. That being said, one only need return to a reading of "Gone with the Wind" to feel that many of her conclusions were justified.
Perhaps the most telling entry in the book was this:
"ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH once said that fame is a kind of death. That was certainly true in Peggy’s case. From the summer of 1936, when Gone With the Wind had been published and fame had intruded upon the Marshes’ world, all of her energies had been spent in either barricading herself against it or in coping with its entrapments. And so determined was she that fame would not change her way of life that she ceased growing emotionally and intellectually from the time of the publication of Gone With the Wind — and what is that but a kind of death? Time that could have been spent writing, or at least in exploring new avenues of thought, had been given over to the stultifying task of maintaining a correspondence with thousands of strangers on two subjects only — Gone With the Wind and the minutiae of protecting her rights in it."
Ouch.
There is a reason Scarlett O'Hara had a bias toward the Civil War, the South, the Ku Klux Klan and black people. If Ms. Edwards is to be believed, Scarlett IS Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell on paper. Raised in a family that fully believed the South had been cheated of its rights by an unjust war perpetrated by the North, Mitchell never did break free of the Southern belle mentality. While she could be generous with the many black people in her circle, they were still, in her mind, second class citizens.
But more distressing than this is what one sees happen to Ms. Mitchell as she goes from an insecure and rather naive young woman to the famous author of the most famous books of its time. Rather than using her fame for good, Mitchell spent most of the rest of her life as a virago who claimed she wanted privacy in one minute, then chastised her friends for ignoring her when they gave her that privacy; who looked upon anyone involved with marketing her book as "chiselers"; who used her illnesses as an excuse to do what she wanted, when she wanted; and who worked her husband into an early grave with her needs and demands.
Again, a biography is written from a particular point of view, and many readers have quibbled with Edwards' lack of documentation and a somewhat harsh picture of the famous author. That being said, one only need return to a reading of "Gone with the Wind" to feel that many of her conclusions were justified.
Perhaps the most telling entry in the book was this:
"ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH once said that fame is a kind of death. That was certainly true in Peggy’s case. From the summer of 1936, when Gone With the Wind had been published and fame had intruded upon the Marshes’ world, all of her energies had been spent in either barricading herself against it or in coping with its entrapments. And so determined was she that fame would not change her way of life that she ceased growing emotionally and intellectually from the time of the publication of Gone With the Wind — and what is that but a kind of death? Time that could have been spent writing, or at least in exploring new avenues of thought, had been given over to the stultifying task of maintaining a correspondence with thousands of strangers on two subjects only — Gone With the Wind and the minutiae of protecting her rights in it."
Ouch.
December 6, 2016
The Road to Tara Anne Edwards 6/12/2016
The Life of Margaret Mitchell the author of Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell, a tomboy, was the daughter of an Atlanta lawyer and his suffragette wife.
“Atlanta was only fifty-five years-old when Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900.”
She grew up steeped in stories about and the history of the Civil War.
“…the early years of Mitchell’s life were heavily influenced by a war fought four decades earlier.
“Sunday afternoons, arrayed in her best clothes,…she was taken to call on elderly relaltives,” where she listened accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Valley Campaign…while the gathering refought the Civil War.”
I am fascinated by Mitchell, her family and the men she loved, including two on whom I think she based Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.
After Gone With the Wind became a world wide best seller, Mitchell became a victim of her own success. She enjoyed the attention but deplored her loss of privacy and wanted her life to remain the same with her husband, “a safe, if dull, public relations man with the Georgia Power and Light Company.”
I enjoyed Anne Edwards intimate insight into Mitchell’s life.
The Life of Margaret Mitchell the author of Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell, a tomboy, was the daughter of an Atlanta lawyer and his suffragette wife.
“Atlanta was only fifty-five years-old when Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900.”
She grew up steeped in stories about and the history of the Civil War.
“…the early years of Mitchell’s life were heavily influenced by a war fought four decades earlier.
“Sunday afternoons, arrayed in her best clothes,…she was taken to call on elderly relaltives,” where she listened accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Valley Campaign…while the gathering refought the Civil War.”
I am fascinated by Mitchell, her family and the men she loved, including two on whom I think she based Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.
After Gone With the Wind became a world wide best seller, Mitchell became a victim of her own success. She enjoyed the attention but deplored her loss of privacy and wanted her life to remain the same with her husband, “a safe, if dull, public relations man with the Georgia Power and Light Company.”
I enjoyed Anne Edwards intimate insight into Mitchell’s life.
July 1, 2017
Magnificent! Couldn't put down this book!
I was immediately taken into the Author's hauntingly beautiful telling of another soul who told of an epoch, whose spectacular compilation of proud and victorious lives lived in chaos and human frailties, which captured my heart immediately. To read this book is to have great insight into facts well researched, that this Author presents of a woman who achieved the pinnacle of fame and honors, by writing a book almost as if it was a first-person memoir. The historical time and the magnificent woman who created a tribute to triumph give an epic story an even greater significance by her own strength of character. This Author easily brings the frail but tough girl-woman to our scrutiny with honesty, compassionate understanding, and a journalistic word smith's astounding ability to set the scene, create the aura and transport our souls. The Author crafts an experience that will grab you and stay in your psyche with the first page. You want to be saturated with all things Southern, and spend hours in deep contemplation of what you would have done yourself had you been Margaret Mitchell. Perhaps this Author herself, has been cycling Margaret Mitchell's spirit all along.
I was immediately taken into the Author's hauntingly beautiful telling of another soul who told of an epoch, whose spectacular compilation of proud and victorious lives lived in chaos and human frailties, which captured my heart immediately. To read this book is to have great insight into facts well researched, that this Author presents of a woman who achieved the pinnacle of fame and honors, by writing a book almost as if it was a first-person memoir. The historical time and the magnificent woman who created a tribute to triumph give an epic story an even greater significance by her own strength of character. This Author easily brings the frail but tough girl-woman to our scrutiny with honesty, compassionate understanding, and a journalistic word smith's astounding ability to set the scene, create the aura and transport our souls. The Author crafts an experience that will grab you and stay in your psyche with the first page. You want to be saturated with all things Southern, and spend hours in deep contemplation of what you would have done yourself had you been Margaret Mitchell. Perhaps this Author herself, has been cycling Margaret Mitchell's spirit all along.
June 27, 2023
A biography about author Margaret Mitchell who penned 'Gone With the Wind' (GWTW) seemed like an interesting read. This book, however, was just not that enjoyable. GWTW was the only book she wrote and her life before and after its publication changed as would be expected. She, however, was not a likeable person. She claimed that she would never write another book, but she corresponded in length with strangers almost on a daily basis. She also professed to hate the limelight yet when her star began to fade she wasn't happy about that either. Personally, I didn't care for Anne Edwards's writing style. I trudged through page after boring page and when she finally got to the story of GWTW, it did gain my interest, but not for long. Mitchell was born in 1900 in Georgia and lived in the Atlanta area where she grew up on tales of the Confederacy. According to her, she didn't know that the South had lost the Civil War until she was ten years old. Overall, her life was not that interesting and I wish Edwards had focused a bit more on GWTW--that was the only thing that kept me reading.
January 15, 2019
Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O’Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imagination—indeed, it is the basis for the legend she created.
Gone With the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become the most popular motion picture of all time. It was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled—and it shattered Margaret Mitchell’s private life.
In this commemorative reprint of Road to Tara, Anne Edwards tells the real story of Margaret Mitchell and the extraordinary novel that has become part of our heritage.
Gone With the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become the most popular motion picture of all time. It was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled—and it shattered Margaret Mitchell’s private life.
In this commemorative reprint of Road to Tara, Anne Edwards tells the real story of Margaret Mitchell and the extraordinary novel that has become part of our heritage.
March 19, 2025
Miracle! This is the word that resonated throughout the reading journey. There are so many ways GWTW could have gone wrong, such as if Peggy hadn't taken long convalescence, or if John had lost patience with correcting her grammar and typos, or if Red Upshaw had sued Peggy for modeling Rhett based on him, but despite all those barriers which in aggregation brought a low chance of the book's success, Peggy was born to bring GWTW to us, the only book she had written which ironically, caused both her and John's burn-outs.
And by the way, Peggy claimed, "I think she gets him in the end." It's official; I can guiltlessly fantasize about their ever-after stories...
And by the way, Peggy claimed, "I think she gets him in the end." It's official; I can guiltlessly fantasize about their ever-after stories...
August 16, 2017
I read Gone With The Wind in high school and it was obviously one of my all time favorite books. After reading "Road To Tara" I discovered that Margaret Mitchell was Scarlett O'Hara. Miss Mitchell essentially took her own life and put it into Civil War Era America. A tease with the boys, a southern girl with the accent to match, and stubborn as all get out. I was shocked to read that only one envelope of manuscript from the novel remains in existence, since she ordered everything, including letter correspondence regarding the novel to be destroyed. Excellent book!
July 14, 2018
I am a huge fan of Gone With The Wind and listening to the story of the woman who wrote it was mind-boggling! I must say at times she came t across to me as an eccentric woman but she was also a woman who knew what she wanted and went for it with the guidance and love of her second husband. Am so glad that not everyone destroyed their correspondence with Margaret Mitchell. Anne Edwards did a wonderful job writing this biography of a great writer and Karen Commins did a wonderful job telling it.
December 10, 2022
I enjoyed this; it was a solid biography and I found it fascinating how much Margaret’s personal life influenced Gone With the Wind.
I did feel that the author glazed over/didn’t really address some of the racial prejudices inherent in Margaret & society at the time, but this biography was written several decades ago itself. And some of the details got a bit “thick” for my own enjoyment. But all in all, it made me want to reread and rewatch Gone With the Wind.
I did feel that the author glazed over/didn’t really address some of the racial prejudices inherent in Margaret & society at the time, but this biography was written several decades ago itself. And some of the details got a bit “thick” for my own enjoyment. But all in all, it made me want to reread and rewatch Gone With the Wind.
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June 3, 2019It is said that Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is semi-autobiographical, and that she based its main character, Scarlett O’Hara on herself. Road To Tara chronicles the life of Margaret, called Peggy by her close friends and family. Readers learn about her private life and how the legendary novel came to be. Lovers of Gone With the Wind will eat this one up!
December 1, 2022
It has been said that Gone With the Wind is a sort of biographical account of the life of its author, and after reading Road to Tara, a biography of Margaret Mitchell, I believe it. Scarlett O’Hara is Margaret Mitchell in print. Mitchell was difficult, opinionated, contradictory, a flirt, headstrong… very much the Scarlett we know from the book and movie!
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia. The daughter of a lawyer and a suffragette mother, Peggy (as she was affectionately known to family and friends) grew up steeped in the history of the American Civil War. From the earliest years of her life, she was heavily influenced by a war fought four decades before her birth.
Road to Tara gives us a fascinating look at Margaret Mitchell’s life from an early age all the way to her untimely death at the age of 49. She was a journalist by profession, but she wrote one novel in her lifetime, Gone With the Wind, which garnered critical acclaim and success like no other novel before. Ironically, Mitchell became a victim of that success, simultaneously enjoying the attention and lamenting her loss of privacy. I had no idea so many of the characters in GWTW were based on real life people that Mitchell knew, and that was one reason she was partially opposed to seeing her book published, for fear of those people recognizing themselves and bringing a lawsuit against her.
I feel this book really offers an interesting look at the life of Margaret Mitchell and the background behind one of the most popular books of all time.
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia. The daughter of a lawyer and a suffragette mother, Peggy (as she was affectionately known to family and friends) grew up steeped in the history of the American Civil War. From the earliest years of her life, she was heavily influenced by a war fought four decades before her birth.
Road to Tara gives us a fascinating look at Margaret Mitchell’s life from an early age all the way to her untimely death at the age of 49. She was a journalist by profession, but she wrote one novel in her lifetime, Gone With the Wind, which garnered critical acclaim and success like no other novel before. Ironically, Mitchell became a victim of that success, simultaneously enjoying the attention and lamenting her loss of privacy. I had no idea so many of the characters in GWTW were based on real life people that Mitchell knew, and that was one reason she was partially opposed to seeing her book published, for fear of those people recognizing themselves and bringing a lawsuit against her.
I feel this book really offers an interesting look at the life of Margaret Mitchell and the background behind one of the most popular books of all time.
May 31, 2025
What an astonishingly DEEP read. Every page has details and seemingly inside information that only a decent researcher could dig up. The author of Gone with the Wind was a character in her own right and the original Southern Belle. I enjoyed very nearly every single page and by the end experienced the consciousness of having, in a palpable way "met" Margaret Mitchell personally.
November 12, 2025
I love to read about the lives of Authors, particularly authors and philosophers and even classical music composers. I was there right with Margaret Mitchell in Atlanta when it was still a smallish city. How she lived and what inspired her in writing Gone with the Wind. A very enjoyable reading experience.
January 26, 2020
The Road to Gone With The Wind
It was amazing. The life Peggy had was amazing,there were things in there that I didn't know. Margaret Mitchell is the best author of the 20th century
It was amazing. The life Peggy had was amazing,there were things in there that I didn't know. Margaret Mitchell is the best author of the 20th century
February 20, 2020
Fascinating biography of the author of Gone With the Wind. Most interesting is the events in her life that led to the story, some of which are incorporated into it. I’ve seen the movie many times, but only read the book once. I intend to read it again very soon with a whole new insight.
April 29, 2021
Writing a book which would become classic literature in America was not what Peggy Mitchell had ever imagined.
In fact, her fame ran her life and I feel, in part, kept her from enjoying her life. She fretted over many things and it kept her from ever writing another book.
Well written.
In fact, her fame ran her life and I feel, in part, kept her from enjoying her life. She fretted over many things and it kept her from ever writing another book.
Well written.
July 7, 2017
4 manuscripts
August 7, 2017
Interesting book about the life of Margaret Mitchell the author of one book but what a book! Gone with the wind!
An average insecure person with an amazing ability to tell the story and who had perfect timing
An average insecure person with an amazing ability to tell the story and who had perfect timing
March 3, 2018
I read this biography after my amazing experience reading GWTW for the first time. What a treat!! Margaret Mitchell's journey was fascinating and this book was completely enjoyable.
May 24, 2019
At its most interesting when it covers the period when she was writing the tome and its film adaptation rather than coverage of her own life.
October 9, 2019
Margret
The writing of Gone With the Wind was a work of love for Margrets family and friends that had gone before her.
The writing of Gone With the Wind was a work of love for Margrets family and friends that had gone before her.
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