Ruth's journey the authorized novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind

Authorized by the Margaret Mitchell Estate, here is the first-ever prequel to one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of all time, Gone with the Wind. The critically acclaimed author of Rhett Butler's People magnificently recounts the life of Mammy, one of literature's greatest supp...

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Main Author: McCaig, Donald.
Other Authors: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2014.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Summary: Authorized by the Margaret Mitchell Estate, here is the first-ever prequel to one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of all time, Gone with the Wind. The critically acclaimed author of Rhett Butler's People magnificently recounts the life of Mammy, one of literature's greatest supporting characters, from her days as a slave girl to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Item Description: Color maps on endpapers.
Physical Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781451643534 (hardback)
1451643535 (hardback)
Author Notes: Donald Robert McCaig was born in Butte, Montana on May 1, 1940. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Montana. He served two years in the Marine Corps and pursued graduate studies at the University of Waterloo and Wayne State University. During the 1960s, he worked as a copy chief for an advertising agency in New York. In 1971, he bought a Virginia sheep farm.

He wrote historical novels, books about Border collies, and two authorized follow-ups to Gone with the Wind. His fiction works included Jacob's Ladder, Canaan, The Butte Polka, Nop's Trials, Nop's Hope, Rhett Butler's People, and Ruth's Journey. His nonfiction works included An American Homeplace; Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men; and Mr. and Mrs. Dog: Our Travels, Trials, Adventures, and Epiphanies. He died on November 11, 2018 at the age of 78.

(Bowker Author Biography)