Margaret Mitchell earned a Pulitzer Prize in Novels for her Civil War epic "Gone with the Wind" on this day in history, May 3, 1937. She died tragically at age 48.

Margaret Mitchell Biography Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900–1949) was an American novelist and journalist best known for her only novel published during her lifetime, the American Civil War ...

Margaret Mitchell, an iconic name in American literature, remains celebrated for her single, yet profoundly influential novel, “Gone with the Wind.” This epic tale of love, war, and survival ...