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I loved the relationship between Jordan and her teammates. It was great to see her surrounded by a supporting family even if dad took his time to do it. I did like that Jordan finds two girl friends in the end. I didn't like how she treated those girls in the beginning the same way I didn't like how the book portrayed cheerleaders, as stupid, shallow or mean. I've never seen a cheerleader in my life but I guess the stereotype is what bothers me. I'm no cheerleader and I'm shallow and mean whenever I want to be, so And I didn't like the way the author tried to convince me Ty wasn't for her just by making him look like a jerk in the end.

All in all, it was a fun, one-sit read but not sure if it was a memorable one. View all 21 comments. Aug 01, Tough Critic Book Reviews rated it really liked it. What can I say, I can relate to this book Yes people, there are girls out there that play football. And yes, they're good. I was starting right tackle and middle linebacker for my team leading in tackles and sacks. I guess what bothers me about some of the reviews is they're bashing the book for being unrealistic. Can a girl play football?

Is it likely a girl could quarter back for a D-1 school? The class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form. Works of this class, as novels or short stories: Something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story: We've all heard the fiction of her being in delicate health. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining. Isn't reading improbable or unlikely situations what makes reading fun? Standing at almost 5'll myself, growing up an undoubtable tom-boy, loving sports, and having more guy friends than girl friends makes me feel a kinship to Jordan.

I have personally lived alot of what she went through so let me tell you what is real about this story. The bond between teammates is something only an athlete can understand; it's a family. In Catching Jordan that bond is wonderfully portrayed. I loved her friendships with her teammates! They constantly have Jordan's back and are always taking care of her.

On the other end of the spectrum you have the girls. Most girls are quite catty when it comes to other girls that make them feel threatened. Jordan gets a lot of attention from playing football and has a bond with the guys that the other girls don't. They are jealous and petty; constantly giving Jordan a hard time. However, there are two very refreshing exceptions to that rule in this book.

It's not Jordan's fault that she relates more to the guys than girls. Past experiences have lead her to completely shut the same sex out; she feels like they're all the same. It's nice to see her get out of her comfort zone and give a few of them a chance. I adored everything about Catching Jordan especially Sam Henry.

I get ridiculously giddy and excited when it comes to life-long friendships between the opposite sex. I fell head-over-heels in love with the relationship between Sam and Jordan. However, I wasn't a huge fan of Ty. Partly because I'm not a fan of love triangles and partly because he was such a complete weeny! I just wanted to smack him! Jordan overcomes so much in this book; she's driven and passionate which makes it easy to like her. You learn that she likes "guy stuff", despises being a "girly-girl" and gets along better with the opposite sex.

Just because she doesn't act like a girl doesn't mean she doesn't have the heart of a girl! View all 11 comments. Jun 21, Wendy Darling rated it did not like it Shelves: Honestly, for a much cuter, much funnier, much more poignant, non-shallow version of this story, try Dairy Queen. Plus, there are cows! View all 4 comments. Such a great comfort book for rainy days like today here. I looked at Catching Jordan with my "snarky eyes" - if there is such a thing - for a good part of it, to be honest.

First of all, a girl playing football?! How can you write a book about a girl playing football after DJ Schwenk in Dairy Queen and not expect to be mercilessly subjected to comparison with that winning series? Ok, the plots differ but, at the end of the day, they're both about the coming of age of two girls chasing their dr Such a great comfort book for rainy days like today here. Ok, the plots differ but, at the end of the day, they're both about the coming of age of two girls chasing their dreams. Surprisingly, Catching Jordan is far from unmemorable, in my opinion.

What makes it stand out from the mass of mediocrity and triteness? Two things worked particularly well for me: Jordan can definitely shake hands and go eat some wings with DJ, rest assured. Ok, she is probably the most oblivious girl ever to walk the planet in a few millennia in matters of the heart but, aside from that, her voice is real, funny, honest and even though I am not sure I can relate to a teen quarterback, she's one of those characters that are instantly likable, if only for the fact that she's not afraid to stand up for what she believes in.

Plus, she's one of those girls that feel more comfortable hanging out with guys rather than with girls and with that I can totally relate. Ok, let me clear my voice now Ty looks like Chace Crawford? This guy can easily compete for the swoon-worthy crush title any day of the year, as far as I'm concerned I haven't liked a male teen character this much since Tucker Avery in Unearthly. But if you feel that might not be enough for you, let me assure you this book is also freaking hilarious. It's fun, fun, fun.

Relaxing, refreshing, obviously light, there might have been a passage or two involving a fake baby that had me stifling my laughter not to wake the kids. Of course it's also not perfect. Still, I am sure this book will see a lot of readers satisfied and entertained; just look at the ratings.

Don't let yourself be misled by the footballish theme because, even though it is, in fact, about playing ball, it never gets too much or too technical. For this review and more check out The Nocturnal Library. Oct 08, Irena rated it liked it. My dear friend Jasmin and I decided it was about time for us to do another buddy read together and Catching Jordan was the book we chose was the perfect choice, because we always buddy read YA or NA contemporary. Catching Jordan is the first book in Hundred Oaks series and it follows Jordan and her friends who play football or like I prefer to call it, American rugby, because you know, us people from Europe prefer another sport called football.

Jordan is a Quarterback, the captain of her team My dear friend Jasmin and I decided it was about time for us to do another buddy read together and Catching Jordan was the book we chose was the perfect choice, because we always buddy read YA or NA contemporary. Jordan is a Quarterback, the captain of her team and — a girl.

Yes, guys, you read it right. She is one badass girl who plays rugby better then any guy in her team, she is the only female member of her team and she is one of the guys. As a result, her best friends are all guys, they appreciate her, and watch her back in a way. Even though at first it sounds pretty unbelievable that a girl could be so much better then guys at sports, especially if you consider the fact that the female body is naturally builted weaker then male, there are things explained in this book.

Jordan comes from family of sport champions. Her father is great Alan Woods, one of the best rugby players in America. Her brother also plays rugby professionally, and she is bigger then other girls. She is just a big girl. Jordan has a dream to play rugby professionally and to go to study to Alabama where all the best rugby players go. She wants to be looked at equally as men. This book talks a lot about sexism and how hard it is for women to be appreciated equally as men even if they are as good or even better then them.

Jordan was an interesting character but I wasn't fond of her. Don't get me wrong, being a tomboy myself, I had nothing against her manly behaviour except in times when it went too far. What I didn't like about her was that she was supposed to represent feminists when in reality she wasn't feminist, not at all! The reason I'm saying that is because she more then few times brang down cheerleaders just because they had an interest in make up. She put them all in the same box, labeled them as stupid and thought she was better then them just because they liked girly stuff.

I know one of them did her wrong in the past, but still, I think Jordan's behaviour said more about her then about any of those cheerleaders. This book is good, funny and easy to read in general. I enjoyed reading about Jordan's relationship with her friends. JJ was my favorite. Henry is her best friend who has a habit to spend nights in her bed. Her parents are fully aware of that but they approve it. Let me ask you one thing: What kind of parenting is that?? They know she has no interest in Harry.

The only precaution they did is to say that Jordan and Harry can't sleep head to head, but have to sleep head to legs. Yeah, like that's gonna stop teenagers from doing anything! Don't forget we're talking about minors, teenagers full of hormones. Maybe I took it too harsh, but I just can't get over that aspect of the story. I didn't like it, not at all! There's also one more thing third to be precise thing I didn't like: She hit Harry so hard that his jaw cracked, and she laughed about it, along with him. If the similar thing happened with roles versed, if guy hit a girl, that would be women abuse, but when the girl hits a guy it supposed to be funny?

I don't think so! I feel like I'm in minority here, but I actually liked Ty.

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I think he was right most of the times and everytime Jordan had problems with his behaviour, I was on his side. Of course he had problems with his girlfriend sleeping in the same bed with another guy. As you can clearly see from m y review, I had more then few problems with the story but I am still glad I read it and, believe it or not, I actually had a good time reading it. I would like to read next book in the series because it follows different characters and I am curious to see whether I'll like that one better.

Read this and more reviews on my blog: My friend had told me: I hated it - it was so bad. Well, jokes on her, because I read it anyways and actually quite enjoyed it. It was definitely not what I had expected from the blurb, and yes, it did kind of read like a Wattpad story which it was , so but it was an enjoyable read nonetheless. In the long run, it did have a good message, and I loved how the main character was so self-empowering and independent. I was skimming through all the positive reviews of this book and kept wondering if I read the same book. I loved the cover, it totally drew me to the book and even though I thought the premise sounded a little silly I wanted to read it.

I think guys should be guys and girls should be girls. But, I think girls should also be feminine, should be respected and treated like ladies. I wish I could have liked Jordan more, which is one I was skimming through all the positive reviews of this book and kept wondering if I read the same book. I wish I could have liked Jordan more, which is one of the reasons I kept reading. Jordan was just such a boy. Not a tomboy, but a boy. She acted like a guy, cussed like a guy, and did just about everything like a guy.

Sure, when hot Ty comes around she wants to be a little more girly, and even makes a couple girl friends, but at the end of the day she was still pretty boyish. I was really disappointed that she started sleeping with Ty. It was kind of gross actually. What I also thought was sad was that no one actually respected Jordan. Yes, they appreciated her football skills and treated her like one of the guys.

Which was part of my problem; they treated her like a guy not a girl. Even if he was just kidding. Ty was okay, but I never really felt like I got to know him. Once they hooked up he kind of disappears from the story, even though they were still sleeping together…I mean dating. I know Henry was supposed to be our hero, but I thought he was a creep to.

To help sooth his broken heart he sleeps with every girl that looks his way. I thought the writing was okay. I liked that there was more conversation than inner dialog, even if the dialog felt unnatural at times. I liked that Jordan had a goal and was doing all she could to achieve it. Leave out all the swearing and sex and I probably would have given this a 4 star rating. Is it to be a strong girl you have to give up all feminine qualities and act like a guy? Lots of casual sex although no details.

View all 6 comments. Jul 18, ambsreads rated it it was ok Shelves: I've read a lot of books in the years in the four years that have passed. It's not that this story is well written, it's not. It's not that this story is really that interesting, it's not. I honestly can't tell you why this group of characters and plot line have stayed in my head for the past four years. I'm not even sure this book had a meaningful impact on me at the time. I mean 15 was a time where I didn't really know who I was as a person, so maybe that's why I enjoyed it so much.

Moving on to the actual book, and not ramblings from my mind, Catching Jordan is a fast paced book that can easily be read in one sitting. It's also free if you don't mind ebook formats on Wattpad. Though, everything was kind of annoying. It was a bit soap opera like, cliche, and our leads seemed ridiculous with some of their actions to the point I couldn't stop rolling my eyes.

Characters Jordan a tomboy football player who thinks anyone who portrays a remotely feminine quality is a slut or not worth her time. She was rude and I honestly didn't feel the tomboy element of her bar the football element. My sister is a tomboy and I don't think I could pay her to wear a dress or her to miss a soccer practice. Jordan just was judgemental to the core and honestly, I'm not sure she was overly talented at football.

I don't know anything about football though so I could be wrong. Henry was obviously who was going to be the winner of this love triangle. He was the best friend turned lover, which is a bit annoying considering I just want a platonic female and male relationship. He seemed cool, but whatever. I didn't care in the end because he was a drama queen. Ignoring his best friend and sleeping with a bunch of girls despite being in love with her was so immature.

Ty was an asshole. I have nothing more to say. These characters were overall ridiculous and beyond realistic.

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Plot I mean - what plot at the end of the day? It was a whole drama fest going on between the characters that had me rolling my eyes. Football took the backseat as the protagonist focused on which boy she chose and the ridiculous problems she faced. Though, I had some incredibly large problems with the plot such as; Blatant stereotyping , every girl who wasn't Jordan was either a slut or bimbo. She couldn't handle the fact that maybe other woman would like football. She had to be the special snowflake. Sexism due to fact Jordan is a female football player and a super special snowflake.

Her dad doesn't want her to play and won't support her, the university of Alabama won't let her play, and ultimately she gets ridiculed for loving football. Most of the time however, it's ignore. Slut shaming which I slightly mentioned in the stereotyping. Everyone bar Jordan is a slut in this book. They're always sleeping with each other, the football team is always talking about sex. It was just ridiculous. It took me a while to really slip into. The writing was all over the place in some parts and left me, yet again , rolling my eyes at a bulk of this book.

Overall I'm honestly not sure if two stars is too harsh or too kind for this book. It's flipped me on my head but I hope that, now, I'll finally stop thinking about this plot. Not to say this isn't a bad book, it's a quick read to indulge in while between books or feeling a slump coming.

It just won't be high on my recommendation list. Jordan lives and breathes foot-ball, she's been playing since she was seven. Her father is an NFL star player although, he doesn't approve of Jordan playing , her brother plays in college, and all her friends are the players on her team. Because of this Jordan has never had a boyfriend or even kissed a guy. She worries she'll lose focus on her goal of getting a scholarship, and p 4. She worries she'll lose focus on her goal of getting a scholarship, and playing on her favorite college team at University of Alabama.

Jordan also knows exactly how the guys on her team treat girls, hooking-up and using them for sex, with no regard for their feelings. Jordan doesn't want to be among the list of one-night-stands. Enter Ty Green, just transferring from Texas. Ty could be a look-alike for Chace Crawford. He's also a quarter-back and now on Jordan's team. Suddenly Jordan's is not so focused, not when Ty's is making her hormones do flip-flops. Ty doesn't seem to be distracted by the cheerleaders, like her other teammates that are always throwing themselves at the players.

He seems to only have eyes for Jordan. But Jordan's best-friend, and teammate, Henry worries that Ty is cozying up to Jordan for his own good, trying to use her to get her position. Add to that Jordan suddenly finds out why Henry's last girl-friend broke up with him, and now she's really confused. I loved this book. This is another one I had to stay up late to finish. Jordan is a great character, strong and determined on the outside, but soft as a marshmallow on the inside. Your heart breaks right along with hers in a few places. I liked this quote: I gotta cope somehow.

You were breaking it long before I even knew how you felt. I've been worried about you.

Hate that girl Kristen!! I loved Jordan's relationship with her family, her mother was such a sweet-heart, always being there for Jordan and supporting her. Jordan's brother was also supportive and there for her too. She obviously had issues with her father, and I like how that played out, as well. The only reason I rated this 4. The payoff was short and felt a bit rushed. However, I just read that there is another book coming out in fall that is a companion to Catching Jordan.

I hope these characters show up and maybe we'll get to see the "more" I'm talking about: Sep 11, Dija rated it really liked it Shelves: This was such a sweet, adorable read. Another one of those "mood" stories and thankfully, it fell into my lap at just the right time. Jordan's a complete tomboy and despite being in her senior year, she hasn't even had her first kiss yet. That all changes when there's a new transfer in town, whom she actually starts developing "girly" feelings for. I really enjoyed Jordan's voice and her interaction with her team members.

I was afraid the account of an almost 18 year old girl discovering love for This was such a sweet, adorable read. I was afraid the account of an almost 18 year old girl discovering love for the first time would come across as unconvincing or implausible, but I could completely relate to Jordan and her problems and feelings.

She was surprisingly easy to love, though I'll admit that at one point, her bursting into tears after every few sentences got on my very last nerve. And the romance would've been enjoyable yet entirely unmemorable had Kenneally not added the greatest twist ever to it. I was completely caught off guard by the genius development and change in the romance about midway through. It cleverly discarded all my theories and sealed my love for this book. Overall, Catching Jordan was a realistic and highly entertaining account of first love and growing up.

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The southern belle was believed to be physically attractive but, more importantly, personally charming with sophisticated social skills. She is subject to the correct code of female behavior. For young Scarlett, the ideal southern belle is represented by her mother, Ellen O'Hara.

The Southern belle was bred to conform to a subspecies of the nineteenth-century "lady" For Scarlett, the ideal is embodied in her adored mother, the saintly Ellen, whose back is never seen to rest against the back of any chair on which she sits, whose broken spirit everywhere is mistaken for righteous calm However, Scarlett is not always willing to conform.

The figure of a pampered southern belle, Scarlett lives through an extreme reversal of fortune and wealth, and survives to rebuild Tara and her self-esteem. Marriage was supposed to be the goal of all southern belles, as women's status was largely determined by that of their husbands. All social and educational pursuits were directed towards it. Despite the Civil War and loss of a generation of eligible men, young ladies were still expected to marry. The Atlanta Historical Society has produced a number of Gone with the Wind exhibits, among them a exhibit titled, "Disputed Territories: Gone with the Wind and Southern Myths".

The exhibit asked, "Was Scarlett a Lady? White women performed traditional jobs such as teaching and sewing, and generally disliked work outside the home. During the Civil War, Southern women played a major role as volunteer nurses working in makeshift hospitals. Many were middle- and upper class women who had never worked for wages or seen the inside of a hospital.

One such nurse was Ada W. Bacot, a young widow who had lost two children. Bacot came from a wealthy South Carolina plantation family that owned 87 slaves. In the fall of , Confederate laws were changed to permit women to be employed in hospitals as members of the Confederate Medical Department.

They are in the hall, on the gallery, and crowded into very small rooms. The foul air from this mass of human beings at first made me giddy and sick, but I soon got over it. We have to walk, and when we give the men any thing kneel, in blood and water; but we think nothing of it at all. Several battles are mentioned or depicted in Gone with the Wind. Union General Sherman suffers heavy losses to the entrenched Confederate army.

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Unable to pass through Kennesaw, Sherman swings his men around to the Chattahoochee River where the Confederate army is waiting on the opposite side of the river. Although Abraham Lincoln is mentioned in the novel fourteen times, no reference is made to his assassination on April 14, Ashley Wilkes is the beau ideal of Southern manhood. A planter by inheritance, Ashley knew the Confederate cause had died. His "pallid skin literalizes the idea of Confederate death. He contemplates leaving Georgia for New York City. Had he gone North, he would have joined numerous other ex-Confederate transplants there.

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He feels he is not "shouldering a man's burden" at Tara and believes he is "much less than a man—much less, indeed, than a woman". A "young girl's dream of the Perfect Knight", [73] Ashley is like a young girl himself. Scarlett's love interest, Ashley Wilkes, lacks manliness, and her husbands—the "calf-like" [17] Charles Hamilton, and the "old-maid in britches", [17] Frank Kennedy—are unmanly as well.

Mitchell is critiquing masculinity in southern society since Reconstruction. The word "scallawag" is defined as a loafer, a vagabond, or a rogue. Yankees, carpetbaggers , Republicans, prostitutes, and overseers. In the early years of the Civil War, Rhett is called a "scoundrel" for his "selfish gains" profiteering as a blockade-runner. As a scallawag, Rhett is despised. He is the "dark, mysterious, and slightly malevolent hero loose in the world".

If Gone with the Wind has a theme it is that of survival.

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What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently just as able, strong, and brave, go under? It happens in every upheaval. Some people survive; others don't. What qualities are in those who fight their way through triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under? I only know that survivors used to call that quality 'gumption. Mitchell's use of color in the novel is symbolic and open to interpretation. Red, green, and a variety of hues of each of these colors, are the predominant palette of colors related to Scarlett.

Symbolically, red and green have been broadly defined to mean "vitality" red and "rebirth" green. For the Irish and others, green in the novel represents Mitchell's commemoration of her "Green Irish heritage. Scarlett is not all green; her name suggests the "erotically-charged color" red. The only openly "scarlet woman" in the novel is the red-headed Belle Watling, [] whose hair is "too red to be true".

By her name, Scarlett evokes emotions and images of the color scarlet: The sales of Margaret Mitchell's novel in the summer of , as the nation was recovering from the Great Depression and at the virtually unprecedented high price of three dollars, reached about one million by the end of December. Ralph Thompson, a book reviewer for The New York Times , was critical of the length of the novel, and wrote in June I happen to feel that the book would have been infinitely better had it been edited down to say, pages, but there speaks the harassed daily reviewer as well as the would-be judicious critic.

Very nearly every reader will agree, no doubt, that a more disciplined and less prodigal piece of work would have more nearly done justice to the subject-matter. Gone with the Wind has been criticized for its stereotypical and derogatory portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South.

Like monkeys or small children turned loose among treasured objects whose value is beyond their comprehension, they ran wild—either from perverse pleasure in destruction or simply because of their ignorance. Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why , says it is, "one of the more charitable passages in Gone With the Wind , Margaret Mitchell hesitated to blame black 'insolence' [42] during Reconstruction solely on 'mean niggers', [42] of which, she said, there were few even in slavery days.

Critics say that Mitchell downplayed the violent role of the Ku Klux Klan and their abuse of freedmen. Author Pat Conroy , in his preface to a later edition of the novel, describes Mitchell's portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan as having "the same romanticized role it had in The Birth of a Nation and appears to be a benign combination of the Elks Club and a men's equestrian society". Regarding the historical inaccuracies of the novel, historian Richard N.

No doubt it is indeed unfortunate that Gone with the Wind perpetuates many myths about Reconstruction, particularly with respect to blacks. Margaret Mitchell did not originate them and a young novelist can scarcely be faulted for not knowing what the majority of mature, professional historians did not know until many years later. In Gone with the Wind , Mitchell explores some complexities in racial issues. Scarlett was asked by a Yankee woman for advice on who to appoint as a nurse for her children; Scarlett suggested a "darky", much to the disgust of the Yankee woman who was seeking an Irish maid, a "Bridget".

Ethnic slurs on the Irish and Irish stereotypes pervade the novel, O'Connell claims, and Scarlett is not an exception to the terminology. The novel has been criticized for promoting plantation values. The Love Story Behind Gone with the Wind , believes that those who attack the book on these grounds have not read it.

She said that the popular film "promotes a false notion of the Old South". Mitchell was not involved in the screenplay or film production. He also objected to several other books: In a Harris poll, Mitchell's novel ranked again as second, after the Bible. As of , more than 30 million copies have been printed in the United States and abroad. Gone with the Wind has appeared in many places and forms in popular culture:.

On June 30, , the 50th anniversary of the day Gone with the Wind went on sale, the U. Post Office issued a 1-cent stamp showing an image of Margaret Mitchell. The stamp was designed by Ronald Adair and was part of the U. Postal Service's Great Americans series.

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On September 10, , the U. Post Office issued a cent stamp as part of its Celebrate the Century series recalling various important events in the 20th century. The stamp, designed by Howard Paine, displays the book with its original dust jacket , a white Magnolia blossom, and a hilt placed against a background of green velvet.

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the publication of Gone with the Wind in , Scribner published a paperback edition featuring the book's original jacket art. The Windies are ardent Gone with the Wind fans who follow all the latest news and events surrounding the book and film. They gather periodically in costumes from the film or dressed as Margaret Mitchell. Atlanta, Georgia is their meeting place.

One story of the legacy of Gone with the Wind is that people worldwide incorrectly think it was the "true story" of the Old South and how it was changed by the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The film adaptation of the novel "amplified this effect.

Some readers of the novel have seen the film first and read the novel afterward. One difference between the film and the novel is the staircase scene, in which Rhett carries Scarlett up the stairs. In the film, Scarlett weakly struggles and does not scream as Rhett starts up the stairs. In the novel, "he hurt her and she cried out, muffled, frightened. Earlier in the novel, in an intended rape at Shantytown Chapter 44 , Scarlett is attacked by a black man who rips open her dress while a white man grabs hold of the horse's bridle.

She is rescued by another black man, Big Sam. The Library of Congress began a multiyear "Celebration of the Book" in July with an exhibition on Books That Shaped America , and an initial list of 88 books by American authors that have influenced American lives. Gone with the Wind was included in the Library's list. Librarian of Congress, James H. This list is a starting point. It is not a register of the 'best' American books — although many of them fit that description. Rather, the list is intended to spark a national conversation on books written by Americans that have influenced our lives, whether they appear on this initial list or not.

Throughout the world, the novel appeals due to its universal themes: Margaret Mitchell had separated from the Catholic Church. Although some of Mitchell's papers and documents related to the writing of Gone with the Wind were burned after her death, many documents, including assorted draft chapters, were preserved. The first printing of 10, copies contains the original publication date: After the book was chosen as the Book-of-the-Month's selection for July, publication was delayed until June The second printing of 25, copies and subsequent printings contains the release date: Additionally, 50, copies were printed for the Book-of-the-Month Club July selection.

Gone with the Wind was officially released to the American public on June 30, Although Mitchell refused to write a sequel to Gone with the Wind , Mitchell's estate authorized Alexandra Ripley to write a sequel, which was titled Scarlett. In , Mitchell's estate authorized McCaig to write a prequel, which follows the life of the house servant Mammy, whom McCaig names "Ruth".

The novel, Ruth's Journey , was released in The copyright holders of Gone with the Wind attempted to suppress publication of The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall , [] which retold the story from the perspective of the slaves. A federal appeals court denied the plaintiffs an injunction Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin against publication on the basis that the book was parody and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

The parties subsequently settled out of court and the book went on to become a New York Times Best Seller. A book sequel unauthorized by the copyright holders, The Winds of Tara by Katherine Pinotti, [] was blocked from publication in the United States. The novel was republished in Australia, avoiding U. Away from copyright lawsuits, Internet fan fiction has proved to be a fertile medium for sequels some of them book-length , parodies, and rewritings of Gone with the Wind.

Numerous unauthorized sequels to Gone with the Wind have been published in Russia, mostly under the pseudonym Yuliya Hilpatrik, a cover for a consortium of writers. The New York Times states that most of these have a "Slavic" flavor. Several sequels were written in Hungarian under the pseudonym Audrey D. Milland or Audrey Dee Milland, by at least four different authors who are named in the colophon as translators to make the book seem a translation from the English original, a procedure common in the s but prohibited by law since then.

The first one picks up where Ripley's Scarlett ended, the next one is about Scarlett's daughter Cat. Other books include a prequel trilogy about Scarlett's grandmother Solange and a three-part miniseries of a supposed illegitimate daughter of Carreen. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gone with the Wind First edition cover.

Way back in the dark days of the Early Sixties, regrettable tho it was—men fought, bled, and died for the freedom of the negro—her freedom! While shot and shell thundered to release the shackles of slavery from her body and her soul—she loved, fought for, and protected —Us who held her in bondage, her "Marster" and her "Missus!

Young misses whut frowns an' pushes out dey chins an' says 'Ah will' an' 'Ah woan' mos' gener'ly doan ketch husbands. Wearing still on his pale, sweet face— Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave— The lingering light of his boyhood's grace!