jun 30, 1936 - Gone with the wind smashes sales record
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 Margaret Mitchell's novel became an instant success during the depression.  It was a vivid description.  The book told of plantation life in a land only recently tamed.  It won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 and was made into one of the most popular movies of all time - Gone with the Wind. 
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