historicalcontextofgonewiththewindTheGreatDepressionandReconstructionErasAlthoughMitchells1936novelGonewiththeWindfocusesontheReconstructionyearsfollowingtheCivilWar,manyofMitchellsinitialreaderslivingthroughtheGreatDepressioncouldidentifywiththehardshipsenduredbyScarlettandherfamily.WhenalltheslavesofTararunoff,andYankeesloottheplantationbyburningcottonandstealingvaluables,theOHarafamilyisleft...