The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

by William Strauss

Rhett predicted that Scarlett’s children “will probably be soft, prissy creatures, as the children of hard-bitten characters usually are…. So you’ll have to get approval from your grandchildren.” In Mitchell’s story, Rhett and Scarlett represented the (Nomad) Gilded Generation;