Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
I want to be famous in some way--a speaker, artist, writer, soldier, fighter, stateswoman, or anything nearly. If I were a boy, I would try for West Point, if I could make it, or well I'd be a prizefighter--anything for the thrills. I think there is a piece in the Bible that says 'knock and it shall be opened unto you, ask and thou shalt receive.' Of course, I'm sensible enough to know that I've got to try as well as ask, and I have tried, in my way, to do the best, and heaven knows that I asked enough to be the smartest person on earth--only I'm not. Quite a difference. Well, here's one more try for 1915.--Margaret Mitchell at age fifteen, journal entry. Discovered one sultry summer in an Atlanta basement full of sixty years' worth of accumulated debris, the writings of a young Margaret Mitchell reveal a prodigious and inspirational talent for such a young girl. The writer, who would later pen the best-selling book of all time after the Bible (and one that still sells more than 200,000 copies annually), was a precocious, imaginative, headstrong rebel and yet as distracted by everyday concerns about parental approval and social insecurities as any child. Nevertheless, as shown in the pages of Before Scarlett, Mitchell displayed an amazing talent through her writing of letters, journals, short stories, and one-act plays (later staged in her midtown Atlanta home). From westerns and shipwreck tales to stories of scalawags and musings on her best friends and boys, Mitchell demonstrated a finesse for challenging authority and striking out on her own--personality traits not surprising for the society debutante who was later rejected by the Junior League of Atlanta because of a racy dance she performed at one of their balls and the author who would later cope with the pressures of international fame measured against her personal philanthropic efforts for African American causes in racially divided Atlanta. Mitchell's is a story of youthful independence and talent. Fully illustrated with twenty-eight recently discovered writings, this collection is perfect for any young writer, or anyone interested in the early writings of one of America's most popular authors.… (lisätietoja)
This became a very tedious read which was comprised of exactly what the title said it would - things which Margaret Mitchell wrote in childhood. First, imagine a romance western written by a 7 year old. I don't care how talented, a 7 year old cannot comprehend the scope of what needs to be said. Now add to that, the idea that the transcripts you are reading have been eaten by rats and damaged by water, so that whole pages are missing, so that you have to imagine what fills in those gaps. And on top of that, read the transcripts with individual words and LETTERS missing, replaced by underscores, and you get a headache.
The only saving grace to this work was the editorial text provided by Mary Rose Taylor which explained what made some of the writings significant - primarily by pointing out where family members or childhood friends provided the names/characterizations for some of her works.
As the book progresses, Mitchell's works mature, and they consist of works written in school annuals or newspapers (so you aren't missing wholesale sections of the text) and it is interesting how is can change - but I would expect the same could be said of what I wrote when I was seven compared to seventeen (I hope it got better). Only recommended if you are REALLY interested in Mitchell as a person. Gone With the Wind doesn't even make a cameo appearance in this book. ( )
I want to be famous in some way--a speaker, artist, writer, soldier, fighter, stateswoman, or anything nearly. If I were a boy, I would try for West Point, if I could make it, or well I'd be a prizefighter--anything for the thrills. I think there is a piece in the Bible that says 'knock and it shall be opened unto you, ask and thou shalt receive.' Of course, I'm sensible enough to know that I've got to try as well as ask, and I have tried, in my way, to do the best, and heaven knows that I asked enough to be the smartest person on earth--only I'm not. Quite a difference. Well, here's one more try for 1915.--Margaret Mitchell at age fifteen, journal entry. Discovered one sultry summer in an Atlanta basement full of sixty years' worth of accumulated debris, the writings of a young Margaret Mitchell reveal a prodigious and inspirational talent for such a young girl. The writer, who would later pen the best-selling book of all time after the Bible (and one that still sells more than 200,000 copies annually), was a precocious, imaginative, headstrong rebel and yet as distracted by everyday concerns about parental approval and social insecurities as any child. Nevertheless, as shown in the pages of Before Scarlett, Mitchell displayed an amazing talent through her writing of letters, journals, short stories, and one-act plays (later staged in her midtown Atlanta home). From westerns and shipwreck tales to stories of scalawags and musings on her best friends and boys, Mitchell demonstrated a finesse for challenging authority and striking out on her own--personality traits not surprising for the society debutante who was later rejected by the Junior League of Atlanta because of a racy dance she performed at one of their balls and the author who would later cope with the pressures of international fame measured against her personal philanthropic efforts for African American causes in racially divided Atlanta. Mitchell's is a story of youthful independence and talent. Fully illustrated with twenty-eight recently discovered writings, this collection is perfect for any young writer, or anyone interested in the early writings of one of America's most popular authors.
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The only saving grace to this work was the editorial text provided by Mary Rose Taylor which explained what made some of the writings significant - primarily by pointing out where family members or childhood friends provided the names/characterizations for some of her works.
As the book progresses, Mitchell's works mature, and they consist of works written in school annuals or newspapers (so you aren't missing wholesale sections of the text) and it is interesting how is can change - but I would expect the same could be said of what I wrote when I was seven compared to seventeen (I hope it got better). Only recommended if you are REALLY interested in Mitchell as a person. Gone With the Wind doesn't even make a cameo appearance in this book. (