Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood
by Brown, Ellen F.; Wiley, John, Jr.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-06-16
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Ellen F. Brown is a rare book dealer and freelance writer specializing in stories about antiquarian bodies 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 more than seven hundred foreign editions. He writes a quarterly newsletter, The Scarlett Letter, for GWTW fans and collectors.
Table of Contents
| Cast of Characters | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| This Woman Has Something | p. 5 |
| 1900-August 1935 | |
| A Manuscript of the Old South | p. 27 |
| August 1935-January 1936 | |
| In Cold Type | p. 41 |
| February-March 1936 | |
| A Book with Definite Possibilities | p. 57 |
| April-May 1936 | |
| Fanning the Flame | p. 75 |
| May-June 1936 | |
| The Making of a Colossal Upper-case Success | p. 91 |
| June-July 1936 | |
| That Book About the Wind | p. 105 |
| August-October 1936 | |
| The Reluctant Celebrity | p. 119 |
| Fall 1936 | |
| Gone With the Wind, Inc. | p. 137 |
| December 1936-April 1937 | |
| Defending Scarlett's Honor | p. 153 |
| Spring-December 1937 | |
| From Greenland's Icy Mountains to India's Coral Strand | p. 175 |
| 1938 | |
| Me and My Poor Scarlett | p. 189 |
| 1939 | |
| Toting the Weary Load | p. 209 |
| December 1939-1942 | |
| Reconstruction | p. 231 |
| 1943-Summer 1941 | |
| A Bolt from the Blue | p. 249 |
| Fall 1947-August 1949 | |
| Inherit the Wind | p. 269 |
| August 1949-1959 | |
| Minding Scarlett's Business | p. 287 |
| 1960-May 1983 | |
| Tomorrow Is Another Book | p. 303 |
| June 1983-2011 | |
| Epilogue | p. 323 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 325 |
| Notes | p. 329 |
| Bibliography | p. 359 |
| Index | p. 367 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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