Author Margaret Mitchell published the American classic novel "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, June 30, 1936.
The 1,000-page novel, set in Georgia during the Civil War and in the Reconstruction era, told the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, a southern belle from a wealthy family who lost nearly everything during the war.
The book was a smashing success: It was the bestselling fiction book in the United States in both 1936 and 1937.
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