![]() ![]() ![]() followed by Harper Lee: Hey, Boo at 10 p.m. Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel premieres nationally Monday, April 2 at 9 p.m. Equally impressive, the film adaptation of Gone With the Wind broke all box office records when it premiered in 1939, and received 10 Academy Awards. With over 30 million copies sold to date, it is one of the world’s best-selling novels. The one book she published in her lifetime – Gone With the Wind - sold millions of copies at the height of the Great Depression in America and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. Both women were ahead of their time, challenging the social order and making a cultural impact with their books that still resonates today. Though their successes were nearly 30 years apart, Margaret Mitchell ( – ) and Nelle Harper Lee (born ) share much in common: two Southern white women who each won the Pulitzer Prize for their debut novels - Gone With the Wind (1936) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), respectively - two of the bestselling classic books of all time, both adapted into timeless, Oscar-winning films. ![]()
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