Today in Georgia History November 8, 1900 Margaret Mitchell

Suggested Reading

Patrick Allen, ed., Margaret Mitchell, Reporter (Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press, 2000).

Ellen F. Brown and John Wiley Jr., Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind": A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood (Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2011).

Anne Edwards, Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell (New Haven, Conn.: Ticknor and Fields, 1983).

Jane Eskridge, ed., Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchell (Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press, 2000).

Finis Farr, Margaret Mitchell of Atlanta, the Author of "Gone With the Wind" (New York: William Morrow, 1965).

Richard Harwell, ed., Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" Letters, 1936-1949 (New York: Macmillan, 1976).

Darden Asbury Pyron, Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991).

Marianne Walker, Margaret Mitchell and John Marsh: The Love Story behind "Gone With the Wind" (Atlanta: Peachtree, 1993).

“Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2566&sug=y

Image Credits November 8, 1900: Margaret Mitchell

College Hall, Smith College Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-D4-17746

Exterior view of Margaret Mitchell Peachtree House Courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, LBGPNS10-001d

Gone With The Wind Original Cover

Gone with the Wind Premiere Anniversary Book Table Courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, LBMPE2-003a

“Margaret Mitchell Still In Critical Condition”August 16, 1949 Article courtesy of the Savannah Morning News, http://savannahnow.com/

“Crushing Injuries Prove Fatal For Author Margaret Mitchell”August 17, 1949 Article courtesy of the Savannah Morning News, http://savannahnow.com/

“’Gone With The Wind’ Movie Rights Sold by Margaret Mitchell” Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 18, 1936, page 13

Margaret Mitchell as a Toddler Courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS 140-61

Margaret Mitchell Grandfather Courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS 140-100

Margaret Mitchell reading Pulitzer announcement with manger Courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS 082121048

Margaret Mitchell with John Marsh on right Courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, LBP28-192a

Margaret Mitchell writing Courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library

Margaret Mitchell Courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library

Margaret Mitchell, profile portrait Courtesy of Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library

Marsh headstone at Oakland cemetery Image courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University Archives, 9926a

Peggy interviews Georgia Tech Students Courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS 140-85

Postcard, Peachtree Street looking South Image courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University Archives, 9925

View of the grounds of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-D4-12000