Before Scarlett

This volume uncovers a remarkable collection of early writings by the celebrated author of "Gone With the Wind," Margaret Mitchell. Discovered by chance, these two hundred pages include short stories, fairy tales, journal entries, essays, and a one-act play, all penned between the ages of eight and seventeen. This unprecedented find offers a complete portrait of Mitchell's prodigious talent and precocious imagination during her formative years, defying her own orders for her personal papers to be destroyed.