Literature
Wind
versary
County girlhood home, Tara. Clayton
County was designated the official
home of Gone with the Wind by
Mitchell’s brother Stephens. All
around were signs that this is truly
GWTW country: Tara Elementary
School, Tara Wedding Chapel, Tara
Florist and – well, you get the idea.
The county has even had a couple of
Scarletts: Melly Meadows, a striking
Vivien Leigh lookalike who traveled
worldwide in this role, delighting
everyone she meets with her
fiddle-dee-dees and, more recently,
Cynthia Evans.
My GWTW orientation began at the
Road to Tara Museum, housed in the
1867 Jonesboro Railroad Station,
about 15 miles south of Atlanta.
Gone with the Wind
Movie Set
BELOW
Gone with the Wind
Movie Poster
This relatively small museum has
drawn Windies from all over the
world; the guest book includes
visitors from Norway, Finland,
Sweden, New Zealand, Australia,
the U.K., China and J