Unesennye vetrom - Gone with the Wind Author:Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind, first published in May 1936, is a romantic novel and the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War and Reconstruction[1] and depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner. The book ... more »includes a vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war. The novel showed considerable historical research. Mitchell's sweeping narrative of war and loss helped the book win the Pulitzer Prize on May 3, 1937.« less