McFarland The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia

Review "A well-constructed compendium of Mitchell's life...excellent"--Library Journal; "fills a gap in the scholarship on an iconic writer and her celebrated work"--Reference Reviews. Product Description Atlanta writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) wrote Gone With the Wind (1939), one of the best-selling novels of all time. The Pulitzer Prize Winning novel was the basis of the 1949 film, the first movie to win more than five Academy Awards. Margaret Mitchell did not write another novel after Gone With the Wind. Supporting the troops during World War II, assisting African-American students financially, serving in the American Red Cross, selling stamps and bonds, and helping others--usually anonymously--consumed her. This book reveals little-known facts about her. The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia documents her work and her life--her effect on Atlanta and the city's memorials to her, her residences, details of her death, and information about her family, the establishment of The Margaret Mitchell House against great odds, and her relationship with the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Junior League. It includes little-known photographs of Margaret Mitchell from about 1902 to 1949. About the Author Anita Price Davis retired as the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Emerita after 36 years at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and is the author of many historical books and articles.