On Dec. 15, 1939 — 85 years ago Sunday — “Gone With the Wind,” a sweeping tale of romance set against the Civil War and its aftermath in the South and based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ...

Author Margaret Mitchell published the American classic novel "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, June 30, 1936. The 1,000-page novel, set in Georgia during the Civil War and in the ...

WATERFORD – Over the years, Waterford author Pauline Bartel has become a leading authority on the history behind the iconic film “Gone With the Wind.” Her latest book “Gone With the Wind: 1939 Day by ...

Vivien Leigh skyrocketed to fame as Scarlett O’Hara in "Gone with the Wind" – but just a few years later, she found herself in a mental institution. The two-time Oscar winner’s tumultuous life is the ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 3, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Talk about a one-hit wonder. On May 3, 1937, American ...

THE decade between 1861 and 1871 had for the South every quality of classic tragedy — the passion, superhuman effort, and exaltation, followed by disillusionment, defeat, and a final chaos that seemed ...

Original first edition dust jacket for Gone With the Wind (1936). Gone With the Wind (1936), considered the second most widely read book by Americans of all time after the Bible, was the only novel ...

From "Moby-Dick" and "Rebecca" to "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Lolita," classic books have been satirized, sequelized and retold. Now an upcoming satire of "Gone With the Wind" will test how far a ...

You don't have to be Nancy Drew to uncover a vintage set of mysteries featuring the teenage sleuth. Just head to the West Islip Public Library June 2 and 3 for a sale of antique and vintage books ...

Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) embraces Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) in a famous scene from the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind. Full disclosure: The year 1939 is well before my time. So, it was not ...