Seven Reasons Why We Still Love "Gone With the Wind"

From the June 7th Alaska Dispatch, from the Christian Science Monitor by Husna Haq.

Seventy-five years ago this month, an unknown young journalist from Atlanta submitted a package stuffed with dozens of manila folders to a publisher.

Margaret Mitchell's book, "Gone With the Wind" has since been translated into 36 languages, sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and won a Pulitzer Prize. Oh yes, then there was that movie that won eight Academy Awards.

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Here are seven reasons why it continues to be a favorite:

7. Scarlett O'Hara is irresistible.
6. It provides such a compelling image of the Civil War-era (both before and after) South.
5. It teaches us about rebuilding a shattered economy.
4. It's the romance, stupid!!
3. It speaks to everyone.
2. It makes us talk about war.
1. It's just such a great story.

Besides seeing the movie many, many, many times. I even read the book and it is big and has a lot of words!!

Enough Said. --Old B-Runner