Gone with the Wind Paint Book / softcover, oversize / pre owned ~1940

Description: Gone with the Wind Paint Book. Pictures of the Old South from the Screen Play. Costumes, People and Plantations in the Historic South. c. 1940 Oversize coloring book based on the movie. A genuine artifact of popular culture reflecting White Southern views of the Civil War and the institution of slavery. Like the movie, the coloring book emphasizes, sentimentalizes and sugar coats the ugly truth underneath the gorgeous costumes and settings, Condition: Acceptable Previously owned book, with ~three-quarters of the pictures neatly colored in by a previous owner. The top edge of the book is moderately abraded. Age toning to the pages throughout. Binding good, no tears. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, following her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), and her subsequent marriage to Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). The novel has been criticized for promoting plantation values and romanticizing the white supremacy of the antebellum South. Mitchell biographer Marianne Walker, author of Margaret Mitchell and John Marsh: The Love Story Behind Gone with the Wind, believes that those who attack the book on these grounds have not read it. She said that the popular 1939 film "promotes a false notion of the Old South". Mitchell was not involved in the screenplay or film production.

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Location: San Diego, California

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