The Margret Mitchelle House

While I was in Georgia I visited the Margret Mitchelle house which she called "The Dump" It is where she wrote 90% of Gone with the Wind. It was a very interesting visit and I learned alot of things that I didnt know. She often named her characters after family members. She had 2 cousins that wanted to marry each other that weren't allowed to. The girl cousins name was Melanie. They also think that that is where that part of the story comes in. In real life when they weren't allowed to marry she became a nun and the other cousin ran off and became the infamous Doc. Holiday. I thought that was interesting. She wrote her book after having read all of the fictional books at the library. She wrote the book backwards to forward. She hid her writing from all of her friends and would throw a towel over her desk when her friends came over. But somehow her friends got a hold of it and let a publisher read it. After only reading 3 chapters they decided to publish the book. She hated the fame that came along with it. And although she got an extremely large amount of money from publishing the book she never bought her own house or a car with the money. She never had any kids so the soul heirs to her fortune were her 2 nephews. They to never had any kids. One died last year giving his part of the inheritance to his wife and the other one is still alive. I wonder if they would leave me the money in thier will? the outside of the house. we werent allowed to take pictures of the inside.

this was inside the movie part of the tour. clark gable is kissing me. He is so nice to do that to me.

J.T. got a little friendly with Scarlett.

Lesley, all of her kids, and I outside the door they used in the movie for Tara. And in the back the portrait of Scarlett O'Hara they used in the movie that was in the Library.