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Before Scarlett: The Girlhood Writings Of Margaret Mitchell: Margaret Mitchell; edited by Jane Eskridge
Before Scarlett: The Girlhood Writings Of Margaret Mitchell: Margaret Mitchell; edited by Jane Eskridge
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Discovered one summer in an Atlanta basement full of sixty years' worth of accumulated debris, the writings of a young Margaret Mitchell reveal a prodigious and inspirational talent for one so young. She would later pen the best-selling book of all time after the Bible (and one that still sells more than 200,000 copies annually). She was a precocious, imaginative, headstrong rebel and yet as distracted by everyday concerns about parental approval and social insecurities as any child. Nevertheless, as shown in the pages of Before Scarlett, Mitchell displayed an amazing talent through her writing of letters, journals, short stories, and one-act plays (later staged in her midtown Atlanta home). From westerns and shipwreck tales to stories of scalawags and musings on her best friends and boys, Mitchell demonstrated a finesse for challenging authority and striking out on her own - personality traits not surprising for the society debutante who was later rejected by the Junior League of Atlanta after she and a friend performed a racy Apache dance at one of their balls. She later had to cope with the pressures of international fame measured against her personal philanthropic efforts for African American causes in racially divided Atlanta. Hers is a story of youthful independence and talent. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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1st edition; hardback in unclipped dust jacket; fine condition, Autobiography/Bio/Non-FictionShare
