Other major characters include [Rhett Butler]?, Scarlet's main love, and [Ashley Wilkes]? and his wife Melanie.
The story begins, and often centers around the plantation Tara? in Georgia. The book opens just before the start of the [Civil War]?, and takes us through the war from a southern perspective.
The original novel was published in June of 1936. It sold a record breaking amount of copies on the first day.
In 1937 the book won the Pulitzer Prize.
It was made into a movie and premiered in Atlanta? on December 15, 1939. It was a ground breaking movie. One of the first to be filmed in color and to utilize special effects that were heretofore thought impossible.
Awards for the movie: