Margaret Mitchell

A new museum exhibit of Margaret Mitchell's days as a journalist is set to open Wednesday -- what would have been the late author's 100th birthday... The exhibit at the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum in Atlanta will be a re-creation of Mitchell's office at The Atlanta Journal and include the actual desk where she worked, as well as her articles and photographs...Also, two new books are scheduled for release this week -- "Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchell" and "Margaret Mitchell, Reporter." Mitchell, the author of "Gone With the Wind," was born in Atlanta on November 8, 1900. She was killed in 1949 when she was hit by a car while crossing Peachtree Street. The Associated Press & CNN.com Book News, November 7, 2000.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American author of the enermously popular novel Gone with the Wind (1936)

James Joyce and Scarlet O'Hara ? Joyce's Ulysses contains a passage of rumination about Ireland's former glory that ends with a reference to Tara (the ancient Irish capitol) and the phrase "gone with the wind." Message and Follow up at Joycean.com.

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