Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind : a bestseller's odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood

Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., 2011, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. ix, 379 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm ; LC: PS3525.I972; Dewey: 813/.52 ; OCLC: 648921601 ; ISBN: 9781589795679 ((cloth ;); 1589795679 ((cloth ;); ; LCCN: 2010-35748 ; Contents: This woman has something : 1900-August 1935 -- A manuscript of the Old South : August 1935-January 1936 -- In cold type : February-March 1936 -- A book with definite possibilities : April-May 1936 -- Fanning the flame : May-June 1936 -- The making of a colossal upper-case success : June-July 1936 -- That book about the wind : August-October 1936 -- The reluctant celebrity : Fall 1936 -- Gone with the Wind, Inc. : December 1936-April 1937 -- Defending Scarlett's honor : Spring-December 1937 -- From Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strand : 1938 -- Me and my poor Scarlett : 1939 -- Toting the weary load : December 1939-1942 -- Reconstruction : 1943-Summer 1947 -- A bolt from the blue : Fall 1947-August 1949 -- Inherit the wind : August 1949-1959 -- Minding Scarlett's business : 1960-May 1983 -- Tomorrow is another book : June 1983-2011. ; Documents the cultural importance of Margaret Mitchell's famous novel, discussing the writing process, reception by the publishing industry, numerous authorized and unauthorized translations, and the iconic film adaptation. ; " presents the first comprehensive overview of how this iconic novel became an international phenomenon that has managed to sustain the public's interest for seventy-five years. Various Mitchell biographies and several compilations of her letters tell part of the story, but, until now, no single source has revealed the full saga. This entertaining account of a literary and pop culture phenomenon tells how Mitchell's book was developed, marketed, distributed, and otherwise groomed for success in the 1930s-and the savvy measures taken since then by the author, her publisher, and her estate to ensure its longevity." ; SIGNED by author Ellen Brown ; ownership stamps and name on front flyleaf ; else FINE/FINE.