Gone With The Wind (column by George Will)

Townhall.com ^ | June 25, 2006 | George Will

[Re-electNobody]

I grew up in South Georgia about a mile from U.S. 19, one of the main routes to Florida. My cousins sold watermelon by the roadside to tourists. Remember the Goat Man very well. He lived to a ripe old age, and died in a nursing home somewhere in rural Georgia, if not mistaken.

[BelegStrongbow]

May I recommend Florence King's 'Southern Ladies and Gentlemen' to the collected disputers here? I found it a fascinating tour through a variety of southern types. There's even a taxonomy of good ol' boys.

[theFIRMbss]

>As any fool can plainly see

It's always safest to assume you're posting to either a dog or an FBI guy or a fancy AI 'bot. That's the mainstream 'net . . .

[martin gibson]

...I tend to re-read books I know are good - hate to waste good reading time on a bad book!

it's easier to find a good new book than a good new movie...

[Suzy Quzy]

Here's what my deceased father said in his auto-biography about GWTW..."Margaret Mitchell asked Father John LeLand to proofread and correct, and in fact he nearly re-wrote the book for her. He was the imprimateur of the Covington Dioces".

Don't know if this is true, but this is what he remmebered.

[Borges]

Adjusted for inflation here are the all time top 10 with their adjusted gross..

1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,293,085,600
2 Star Wars Fox $1,139,965,400
3 The Sound of Music Fox $911,458,400
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $907,867,700
5 The Ten Commandments Par. $838,400,000
6 Titanic Par. $821,413,700
7 Jaws Uni. $819,704,400
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $794,466,900
9 The Exorcist WB $707,639,500
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $697,600,000

[ReignOfError]

May I recommend Florence King's 'Southern Ladies and Gentlemen' to the collected disputers here? I found it a fascinating tour through a variety of southern types. There's even a taxonomy of good ol' boys.

Second the recommendation. It's a bit dated, and uses a broad brush, but I found all of the types in my neighborhood -- and most of them in my family.

[smug]

Either of you from around Butler, Georgia. I lived there for a year, on 19 about a mile south of town. I have good memories about living there.

[Re-electNobody]

I did not live near Butler, but down below Albany, near Camilla. Went through Butler two days ago on a trip to South Georgia from my home in metro Atlanta.