John Wiley, Jr., is the co-author of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood and was featured in the Emmy Award–winning PBS documentary Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel. He also owns one of the largest private collections of Gone With the Wind memorabilia and writes a quarterly newsletter, The Scarlett Letter, for fans and collectors.
Wiley offers a behind-the-scenes look at the makings of a Hollywood
legend from its inception in this title that takes the readeron the
journey with Mitchell via the letters she wrote during the years
1936-49 and includes correspondence with both those who were famous
and those who are unknown. . . .[T]his book will appeal to both
film historians and scholars of Southern literature, readers who
adore Mitchell's novel and David O. Selznick's film, and anyone
looking for a peek inside the mind of a creative, private, and
charming writer.
*Library Journal*
[John Wiley] has assembled Mitchell's correspondence with a keen
appreciation of long letters in which writers speak in a chatty,
personal voice that today's emails and tweets never match. Reading
Mitchell's vivid and detailed musings is a treat for fans of both
the book and the movie but also for anyone who likes a good
conversation with an intelligent and often feisty woman. . . .The
Scarlett Letters provides an excellent insight regarding the woman
behind the famous work.
*The Wall Street Journal*
Wiley supplies readers with a wealth of Mitchell’s thoughts about
the film. . . . And in this engrossing collection, Mitchell’s voice
speaks anew to anyone who cares about her book, her life and the
endlessly interesting world of Southern literature.
*Richmond Times-Dispatch*
The Scarlett Letters is wonderful, dishy, and a great book to curl
up with if you love movies from the golden age of Hollywood,
popular novels, and historical research. Mr. Wiley turns over every
rock and documents every exchange, letter, and conversation
regarding the making of Gone With the Wind. You even find out where
Clark Gable sat at the Atlanta premiere and why—great fun and
fascinating history.
*Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Big Stone Gap*
The Scarlett Letters shows the ‘tough’ side of the genteel Southern
lady named Margaret Mitchell. A shrewd businesswoman who was
fiercely loyal to friends and family, Mitchell's insistence on
authenticity in the production of Gone With the Wind ensured a
motion picture that was received with great acclaim, not only in
the South, but worldwide. This collection of her letters is a great
read for aspiring writers, film students, and, of course, the
legion of fiercely loyal GWTW fans.
*Mickey Kuhn, actor who portrayed Beau Wilkes in Gone With the
Wind*
The Scarlett Letters provides a fascinating look at the filming of
Gone With the Wind from Margaret Mitchell's perspective. Her
personality and humor shine as brightly in her letters as they do
in her celebrated novel. My sincere thanks go to John Wiley, Jr.,
for the work he put into finding and assembling these letters. This
is a significant contribution to our knowledge of this woman, her
novel, and our history.
*Steve Wilson, curator of film, Harry Ransom Center, The University
of Texas at Austin*
John Wiley, Jr., is the world’s greatest authority on Margaret
Mitchell. If you think Scarlett O’Hara is fascinating, wait until
you meet Margaret Mitchell in these pages—she is laugh-out-loud
funny, honest to a fault, often exasperating, and a brilliant judge
of character. Thanks to John Wiley, Jr., and The Scarlett Letters,
we now have the riveting inside story of how Mitchell’s masterpiece
Gone With the Wind became one of the greatest films ever made.
*Pamela Roberts, Emmy Award–winning producer/director of Margaret
Mitchell: American Rebel for PBS*
Never was an author so overwhelmed by the popularity of a book and
its subsequent movie adaptation as was Margaret Mitchell by the
fuss made over Gone With the Wind. For anyone who wonders why
Mitchell never wrote another book, here’s the answer. Her
self-deprecating wit, her gossipy appraisals of the outrages and
absurdities, her attention to detail and legal eye for
self-protection, her generosity, and her gift of friendship are all
on display in this must-read collection of her letters, the
long-awaited companion piece to Gone With the Wind.
*Molly Haskell, author of Frankly, My Dear: Gone With the Wind
Revisited and My Brother My Sister: Story of a Transformation*
It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of a movie
masterpiece. It also offers great insight into Southern belle/iron
butterfly Mitchell herself and her perception of Hollywood. . .
.All those interested in classic film will want to have this book
in their libraries.
*Pop Culture Classics*
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