The Rocky Road to Tara

• Published in: A Tough Little Patch of History p. 73
• Main Author: Jennifer W. Dickey
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Arkansas Press 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Ad valorem taxes; Agricultural geography; Agricultural land; Agricultural sciences; Agriculture; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Applied sciences; Behavioral sciences; Biological sciences; Business; Business administration; Business networking; Celebrations; Chambers of commerce; Cities; City districts; Communications; Composite materials; Corporate communications; Cultural anthropology; Cultural customs; Cultural studies; Downtowns; External corporate communications; Film studies; Governance; Government; Human geography; Industrial sectors; Industry; Journalism; Mass communication; Mass media; Materials; Materials science; Metropolitan areas; Movies; Municipal taxes; News media; Plantations; Plywood; Political geography; Political science; Sales taxes; Service industries; Social sciences; Taxation; Taxes; Tourism; Transportation industries; Travel industry
• ISBN: 1557286574; 9781557286574
• DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt1ffjhzg.7

Atlanta became inextricably linked withGone with the Windfollowing the publication of the book in 1936 and the release of the film in 1939, but it was south of the city, in rural Clayton County, that the first sustained efforts to create a memorial tribute to Mitchell’s work began in the 1960s. Although she always claimed that the specific buildings and locations mentioned in the book were creations of her imagination, Mitchell offered enough references to Clayton County and its county seat of Jonesboro to put the town on the map forGone with the Windpilgrims who traveled