This Encyclopedia gets into big and small details about author Margaret Mitchell’s life and death.

I am a big fan of Margaret Mitchell and her only book Gone With The Wind. I have read the book many times. When I was younger I looked for anything I could find about Mitchell which at the time was not much. This has so much info and even though it is an encyclopedia it is very easy to digest.

The downside to this book is that it will only appeal to fans of the author. I mean I can’t imagine anyone who is not a fan would read this.

I liked this book more than I thought I would. I thought being an encyclopedia it was going to be too dry. I kinda wish some of my other favorite authors had their own encyclopedias. ( )

Quite an informative read. You can learn many things from reading this book, not only about Gone With the Wind and Margaret Mitchell but about life in the 1920s and '30s, Atlanta and Southern history as well. I do recommend this book if you interested in any of those subjects, but I wouldn't read the book if you are only SLIGHTLY interested in GWTW. DON'T read the book if you haven't read the book or seen the film!!!! I can't stress that enough.
Lots of rare, fascinating photographs, but a lot of typos. ( )

Even though I was a big fan of Gone With the Wind as a teenager, I have to admit that the idea of an Encyclopedia of Margaret Mitchell seem far fetched. Correct. The book, once received, failed to give to me any realization of the need of its existence.
My select group of book loving friends insisted that I was joking until I actually showed them the book. Even then, they seemed incredulous! Yes, it read like an Encyclopedia. And, yes, it appears to be very well researched. But, who is the real audience?
For my taste, I would prefer a biography of Mitchell, with the information contained in the book edited sharply and put in the back. I just can't get over how this book was ever published on its own. I did, however, find some interesting facts, Still? ( )

This was a very comprehensive book and a must-have for those who want the full picture of Margaret Mitchell. However, it wasn't a particularly readable book. As the title suggests, it was set up like an encyclopedia. It made it difficult to follow along as major people / events in here life were in alphabetical order instead of chronological, and there was zero narrative to it. ( )

I'm a Margaret Mitchell and GWTW fan, but I really couldn't get into the encyclopedia format of this book. The information is interesting, but I'd much rather read it in a narrative biography-style format than broken up into alphabetical chunks. I can see the wisdom of doing an encyclopedia on a tremendously famous author with many works (Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens) because of the difficulty of finding snippets of information amongst all the information out there on these writers. However, I don't think there is enough of a Margaret Mitchell overload to warrant an encyclopedia on her life. A biography would do just fine. ( )

I won this book on Librarything and I really anticipated reading it more than any other book I have received in giveaway programs. When it arrived it jumped to the top of my "to read" books. It started out with a lovely preface by the author relating her experience in 1947 as a little child waiting to see the much anticipated re-release of the movie, and because of her young age, she was not allowed into the theater. How times have changed. This book is extremely well researched and fills in with a lot of information previously unknown about the famous author of one of the best literary works of all time, "Gone With The Wind". There are many photographs, so interesting and tied in beautifully with the tremendous amount of information about Margaret Mitchell and her humanitarian and selfless life.
I admit I am having trouble with the "encyclopedia" format. I don't understand putting such an interesting life into alphabetical listings. To me it really breaks up the flow and I am struggling with reading it because of this. I feel that if someone were doing research on Ms. Mitchell, the index would suffice to lead the reader to specific information, but to actually read cover to cover, it is really a struggle. I am going to continue to persevere, and will update this review if, by the end of the book, I have feelings other than those I have mentioned. I am very grateful to the author and publisher for allowing me to receive this book and will keep it in my library for many years. ( )

As a big Gone With the Wind and Margaret Mitchell fan I knew that this was a book that I wanted to read. I loved reading the preface and the timeline of Margaret Mitchell's life. I always enjoy reading about how other people discovered Gone With the Wind so I was really glad that the author included that in the preface. I have to agree with another reviewer that an encyclopedia format probably isn't the best format for a book about Margaret Mitchell. To me an encyclopedia is a reference material and is not meant to be read straight through. Reading this book straight through was definitely hard as I felt I was jumping all over the place. I would definitely recommend future readers to read this as you would any other encyclopedia and not try to read it straight through.

Anita Price Davis compiled many different sources when writing this book. She has clearly done her research. I like that she brought to light things that we have now learned about Mitchell that contradict the early descriptions of her. If you want to read more about her charity work then I would recommend this book. I did find a few typos throughout this book but that did not lessen my interest any. I would definitely recommend this book to Margaret Mitchell fans.

[I received this book from a Librarything Early Reviewers giveaway. The content of my review is not affected by that.] ( )

For Gone with the Wind fans, historians, literary lovers, those fascinated with the South, and so many more would enjoy this book. As a fan of the book, I found the information on the numerous people and places that Margaret Mitchell had an impact on to be very interesting. We should all have such a book written about ourselves in order to truly appreciate the importance of a lifetime. For my literature fans, I highly recommend adding it to your bookshelves. ( )

Received from LibraryThing Early Reader Review Give-away.
A fact-based portrayal of Margaret Mitchell and all that she truly stood for. This book shows that she was so much more than just the author of Gone With the Wind ( )

THE MARGARET MITCHELL ENCYCLOPEDIA is a fascinating reference work for those wishing seeking more information about the various people, places, and incidents in the life of the legendary Gone With the Wind author. In over 200 double-columned pages, author Anita Price Davis tells of friends and associates of the author, charities and groups she was active in, television programs about the GWTW phenomeon, historical sites related to Mitchell or her book including multiple Atlanta sites and originizations, even her kitten "Count Dracula" gets a entry! Martin Luther King Jr and Ozzie Nelson also receive entries and for basically the same reason - they both performed at the 1939 GWTW premiere in Atlanta! (King was was only ten and sang with the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir along with his father.) Please note this is not a conventional biography but a reference book written in encyclopedia form. There are several MM biographies already published so another one was not needed, this book on the other hand is fascinating and surely will be of major interest to fans of Ms. Mitchell and GWTW as well as a great help to anyone doing research on her or her novel. ( )

This is an outstanding book, containing much interesting information and many photos (black and white) related to Margaret Mitchell. A MUST HAVE volume for fans of Mitchell!

I have been fascinated with Margaret Mitchell all of my life and am a devoted fan of "Gone With The Wind" (the book and the film). Over the years, I have collected many books about the author and her famous work. I truly believed I had the subject matter covered. However, this encyclopedia offers so much that I never knew about before! It is amazing! I discovered that Margaret Mitchell was an incredible humanitarian, helping so many organizations and individuals. She was a victim of domestic violence, requiring a two-week stay in the hospital in order to recover from injuries inflicted by her first husband. Through it all, she remained a caring and compassionate woman who contributed much to society. Her personal life is detailed here, along with her professional life. This is already my very favorite book about Margaret Mitchell!

The information is presented in an alphabetical arrangement of facts and detail about Mitchell. There is also a yearly chronology of the highlights of her life. The author, Anita Price Davis, provides a very entertaining Preface and Introduction. I read this book from cover to cover as soon as I received it! If you have an interest in Margaret Mitchell and her life, you need this on your shelf! I highly recommend this book!

I received the book from Library Things' Early Reviewers program., courtesy of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. The opportunity to express my opinion about the book is greatly appreciated. ( )