On this day in history, May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell's Civil War saga 'Gone with the Wind' wins Pulitzer
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Margaret Mitchell earned a Pulitzer Prize in Novels for her Civil War epic "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, May 3, 1937. She died tragically at age 48.
"Hating publicity, she fled to a gospel concert at a small Black church in Atlanta with her husband and close associates. The press scoured the city but never found her." "I want the old days back again and they’ll never come back." — Ashley Wilkes, "Gone with the Wind" "I vaguely recall that I just sat down and began to write a book to occupy my time." — Margaret Mitchell "Mitchell became a celebrity … in the public spotlight through the production and premiere of the film based on her novel in 1939." "'Gone with the Wind' has captured the imagination and admiration of people around the world for nine decades." "If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." — Scarlett O'Hara Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
She dodged attention, and future authorship, the rest of her brief life.