Gone with the Wind

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Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936, is a romance novel written by Margaret Mitchell, who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book in 1937. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, and depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. The book is the source of the 1939 film of the same name.

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-'''''Gone With the Wind''''', an [[American novel]] by [[Margaret Mitchell]], was published in 1936 and won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1937. ''Gone With the Wind'' was the only novel which Margaret Mitchell wrote.
+'''''Gone with the Wind''''', first published in 1936, is a [[romance novel]] written by [[Margaret Mitchell]], who received the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] for the book in 1937.  The story is set in [[Clayton County, Georgia]] and [[Atlanta]] during the [[American Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]], and depicts the experiences of [[Scarlett O'Hara]], the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after [[Sherman's March to the Sea]]. The book is the source of the 1939 [[Gone with the Wind (film)|film of the same name]].
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