Margaret Mitchell and “The Dump”
The 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to Margaret Mitchell, an Atlanta housewife and former journalist for the compelling Civil War-era saga, Gone with the Wind. The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum is a highlight of Atlanta tours. The house, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was affectionately dubbed “The Dump” by Mitchell and her husband, John Marsh in the 1920s. Today, the renovated historic home features tours, author lectures, workshops summer writing camps and exclusive Gone with the Wind exhibitions.
