391 pp. Green cloth, blue titles, includes color stills from the film. "...one follows the fortunes of Scarlett, from her girlhood as belle of the county, through the Civil War, and the difficult days of Reconstruction. Her story is inextricably bound with that of her friend Melanie who meets the same hardships with an equal courage but different weapons; with Ashley Wilkes for whom the world died at Appomattox; with Rhett Butler, blockade runner and charming scoundrel, who is drawn to Scarlett because she is as unscrupulous as he; and with a host of other unforgettable characters who vividly epitomize the whole drama of the South under the impact of the War and its aftermath"
