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Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey From Atlanta To Hollywood (2011)

by Ellen F. Brown(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1589795679 (ISBN13: 9781589795679)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Taylor Trade Publishing

review 1: A real page turner. Read it in about two sittings. The exhaustive story of the famous novel and many players in its life to date. It is very well written with balance and objectivity. Plenty of quotes to prove all assertions, it is nonetheless very protective of the author, despite a form of what sounds like agoraphobia. The book documents how novices can be like lambs in the den. It also shows how karma tends to even the score. The racial issues of the classic do not escape the story, nor does the South's misplaced reverence of their failed and evil culture. I was relieved to see an author's quote about Scarlett's personality.
review 2: When I was reading this book, my mother asked me, "is that an interesting book?" And I replied with, "If you like readin... moreg about the publishing industry in the 1920s, then yeah!" And because I'm a literary nerd, and GWTW is my favorite book, reading about all the ins and outs of the publishing industry was incredibly fascinating. It was a wonderful insight into all the steps it took to create the book, and how it still remains so culturally relevant today. less

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