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    Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood

    Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood

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    by Ellen F. Brown, John Wiley Jr.

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      ISBN-13: 9781589795273
    • Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
    • Publication date: 02/16/2011
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 432
    • File size: 3 MB

    Ellen F. Brown is a rare book dealer and freelance writer specializing in stories about antiquarian books and the rare book industry. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

    John Wiley, Jr. owns one of the largest collections of Gone With the Wind memorabilia in private hands, including every American edition of the novel and over 600 foreign editions. He writes a quarterly newsletter, The Scarlett Letter, for GWTW fans and collectors.

    Table of Contents

    Cast of Characters ix

    Introduction 1

    1 This Woman Has Something 5

    1900-August 1935

    2 A Manuscript of the Old South 27

    August 1935-January 1936

    3 In Cold Type 41

    February-March 1936

    4 A Book with Definite Possibilities 57

    April-May 1936

    5 Fanning the Flame 75

    May-June 1936

    6 The Making of a Colossal Upper-case Success 91

    June-July 1936

    7 That Book About the Wind 105

    August-October 1936

    8 The Reluctant Celebrity 119

    Fall 1936

    9 Gone With the Wind, Inc. 137

    December 1936-April 1937

    10 Defending Scarlett's Honor 153

    Spring-December 1937

    11 From Greenland's Icy Mountains to India's Coral Strand 175

    1938

    12 Me and My Poor Scarlett 189

    1939

    13 Toting the Weary Load 209

    December 1939-1942

    14 Reconstruction 231

    1943-Summer 1941

    15 A Bolt from the Blue 249

    Fall 1947-August 1949

    16 Inherit the Wind 269

    August 1949-1959

    17 Minding Scarlett's Business 287

    1960-May 1983

    18 Tomorrow Is Another Book 303

    June 1983-2011

    Epilogue 323

    Acknowledgments 325

    Notes 329

    Bibliography 359

    Index 367

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    Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood presents the first comprehensive overview of how this iconic novel became an international phenomenon that has managed to sustain the public's interest for seventy-five years. Various Mitchell biographies and several compilations of her letters tell part of the story, but, until now, no single source has revealed the full saga. This entertaining account of a literary and pop culture phenomenon tells how Mitchell's book was developed, marketed, distributed, and otherwise groomed for success in the 1930s—and the savvy measures taken since then by the author, her publisher, and her estate to ensure its longevity.

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    The Book Lady's Blog
    In a narrative as engaging and well-paced as that of Gone With the Wind itself, Brown and Wiley chronicle the journey of the story that captured the world’s imagination and the woman whose tireless efforts changed the way books are made, sold, and read. This is a celebration of the unique power great books have to shelter, heal, and unite us and it is a must-read for anyone who has wondered what life is like for the artists whose work changes our lives.
    — Rebecca Joines Schinsky
    Midwest Book Review
    A beat up manuscript that was viewed as unfinished quickly became a cultural icon. Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood tells the story of both Gone with the Wind and its author Margaret Mitchell. An enigma of her contemporaries, people for years have wondered how the novel came into being and how it cached on so hotly, as well as what was the intent of the author during the story's dramatic almost cliffhanger ending. A fascinating exploration of literature, culture, and film, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood is a fine read and highly recommended.
    The Midwest Book Review
    A fascinating exploration of literature, culture, and film, 'Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood' is a fine read and highly recommended.
    Devourer of Books blog
    People with an interest in Gone With the Wind and the publishing business in general will find much to fascinate in this captivating history of the Gone With the Wind empire. Highly recommended.
    From the Publisher
    [A] fascinating perspective on the life of a tremendously successful book...
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