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Margaret Mitchell is best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gone with the Wind which was published in 1936. The book sold more than 28 million copies. The film adaptation (1939) was the highest-grossing film with a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.
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Fast Facts
- Born: November 08, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia
- Birth Name: Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, nicknamed Peggy
- Father was a historian
- Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937
- Worked as a volunteer with The Red Cross during World War II
- "Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was." -Margaret Mitchell
- Died: August 16, 1949, five days after being struck by a car
- Buried at Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta, Georgia
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2 More BELATED HAPPY NOV 8 BIRTHDAY WISHES TO Margaret Mitchell (109) & Edmund Halley (353) FYI: It's pronounced HAL-eee, NOT HAY-lee!
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Author Birthday: Margaret Mitchell, creator of "Gone with the Wind," was born Nov. 8, 1900 in Atlanta, GA.
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Culture Surfing: David Wroblewski reads at the Margaret Mitchell House: The Story of Edgar Sawt.. http://bit.ly/3WDGaQ
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RT @AnswersDotCom: "Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them!" -Margaret Mitchell #quotes
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GONE WITH THE WIND - $4.00
Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American novel by Margaret Mitchell set in the Old South during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1939 film of...
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Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" - $14.99
The timeless tale continues... The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is unparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at once larger than life but as real as ours...
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Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and...
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Margaret Mitchell, Reporter - $23.95
The 64 columns in Margaret Mitchell, Reporter present a never-before-seen portrait of the lively, far-ranging mind and an insightful observer well on the way to her full literary power long before the world even knew her name. More than a d...
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View All Margaret Mitchell Questions (24) | Ask a Questionwhen was margaret conkey born? (1 Answer)According to US Search, Margaret Conkey is 64, so she was born in 1945 or so. http://www.123people.com/s/margaret+conkey I looked at many sources and was not able to find an exact ... read moreWhen did Dr. Margaret Chan join the WHO? (1 Answer)Dr. Margaret Chan was appointed Director-General of the World Health Organization on November 9th 2006. read more
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Margaret Mitchell Personal Timeline
- November 08, 1900: Born
- 1918: Entered Smith College
- 1919: Mother Maybelle Mitchell died
- 1920: Society debut
- 1922: Married bootlegger Red Upshaw
- 1924: Divorced Red Upshaw
- 1925: Married John Marsh
- 1937: Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Gone with the Wind
- 1939: Film version of Gone with the Wind released
- August 16, 1949: Died
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Margaret Mitchell Publications Timeline
- 1936: Gone With The Wind
- 1996: Lost Laysen
- 2000: Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchell
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