An examination of Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today.
Sarah Churchwell is Professorial Fellow in American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream and Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby. She was co-winner of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer's Award and longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Journalism. She lives in London.
Eye-opening and at times jaw-dropping; a powerful reminder of the
prejudices and suffering horrors of the recent past, and a call to
arms to learn from the lessons of history. Highly recommended
*Peter Frankopan*
An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read... With meticulous
research and fine structure, it offers a most disturbing arc that
transports us from now back to what we thought was another era but
which is, in reality, so deeply enmeshed with the intolerances and
prejudices of today. At times the narrative took my breath away. I
was riveted from start to finish
*Philippe Sands*
Sarah Churchwell's brilliant and provocative guide to understanding
the twenty-first century dis-United States of America explores
America's myths about itself, through that great Hollywood myth
about the South and racism, Gone With the Wind. If you want to know
why Donald Trump connects with so many Americans today, as a link
to the 'Lost Cause' of the Confederacy, Churchwell's account offers
the answers
*Gavin Esler*
A brilliant and important book that exposes the truths hidden by
one of the world's most famous stories and, in so doing, reveals
how the (im)moral weight of this tale has not only shaped American
culture over the last century but is shaping American politics and
society today. One of the must-reads of the year
*Suzannah Lipscomb*
The Wrath to Come is packed with fascinating, well-researched and
often jaw-dropping history
*Daily Telegraph*
Churchwell's excoriating analysis is energising
*Literary Review*
Stylish and thoughtful, Churchwell's book is an exemplary
exploration of how Gone with the Wind reflects, and continues to
affect, American culture
*Spectator*
A painful reflection on how the ghosts of the civil war still haunt
US culture
*The Times*
The case Churchwell builds against Gone with the Wind is a
compelling one
*Sunday Times*
Rich in detail and rigorously argued, this is cultural history at
its very best
*Tortoise Media*
A stylish blend of literary criticism, cultural history and
political polemic
*Sunday Business Post*
She has a deep scholarly understanding of America's literature and
history, and her writing is smart and crisp, creating a narrative
that is as gripping as it is enlightening
*Mail Plus*
An exceptional book, smart and searing and scary
*Baptist News*
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