Popular Speaker to Highlight “Scarlett Fever: The Greatness of Gone with the Wind” with Local Connection
July 9, 2012. Among Blowing Rock’s most famous literary visitors was Margaret Mitchell, who is alleged to have written part of Gone with the Wind (published in 1936) while staying here. During the next Blowing Rock Art and History Museum’s Third Thursday (4 p.m., July 19), Dr. Elliot Engel will present “Scarlett Fever: The Greatness of Gone with the Wind.”