The Wind Is Never Gone

<p> More than seventy years after its publication in 1936 Margaret Mitchell's <I>Gone with the Wind</I> has never been out of print. An icon of American culture it has had similar success abroad popular in Japan Russia and post-World War II Europe among other places and times. This work analyzes the continuations of Mitchell's novel: the authorized sequels <I>Scarlett</I> by Alexandra Ripley and <I>Rhett Butler's People</I> by Donald McCaig; the unauthorized parody <I>The Wind Done Gone</I> by Alice Randall and a politically correct parody; and the many fan fiction stories posted online. The book also explores <I>Gone with the Wind</I>'s ambiguous ending the perceived need to publish an authorized sequel and the legal battle to determine who may re-write <I>Gone with the Wind</I>.</p>