Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'tis the only thing in this world that lasts...'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for—worth dying for.

Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

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Topic

Land Property rights

Author

Margaret Mitchell

Source

Gone with the Wind

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 2.

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