It’s the quintessential Southern saga. Few books evoke the Civil War-era South so powerfully, compellingly, and iconically. “To this day, Mitchell’s novel and the successful film remain the most powerful forces in shaping the perception of Southern life before, during and after the Civil War,” reports Access Atlanta. “'Gone With the Wind’ eclipsed everything else,” says Karen Cox, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “It cemented that vision of the Old South in the nation’s imagination for years to come.”
