United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981900/1949In preparing to write her best-selling novel, Gone With the Wind, Atlanta native Margaret Mitchell did extensive research on Georgia during the Civil War. She was influenced by Confederate veterans and others whose vivid memories of the period helped shape her narrative.Photograph of author Margaret Mitchell. She wears a light-colored blouse and has short dark hair. Mitchell was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the most popular books of all time.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/margaret-mitchell-1900-1949Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/margaret-mitchell-1900-1949Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaJournalists--Georgia--AtlantaAuthors, American--Georgia--AtlantaWomen authors, American--Georgia--AtlantaNovelists, American--Georgia--AtlantaWomen novelists, American--Georgia--AtlantaMitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949Margaret MitchellStillImage