In the movie, it’s just “The Wilkeses always marry their cousins.” It is referred to several other times, including this excerpt from Chapter 2, Gerald O’Hara speaking to his daughter Scarlett… …in a discussion between the Tarleton twins, Brent and Stuart, re Ashley marrying Melanie.
Even elements that did make the transition from printed page to silver screen were changed around…like the book says “My dear, I don’t give a damn”…no “frankly.” And germane to this discussion, there is one bit of genealogical evidence completely made up for the movie, which we’ll get to in due course.ġ04.3 The first mention of “the cousins” comes early on in Chapter 1… 2Cġ04.2 Dear CD: God’s nightgown, you are so right! And right at the outset, let me say that I will be considering only textual evidence from Margaret Mitchell’s novel…a very long book, most of which couldn’t possibly be included in the movie. I know you…you can’t possibly let this go without investigating further, can you? …Cool Daddy, House of the Rising Sun, Apt. But of course, “cousin” covers a lot of genealogical ground. It is truly an American classic.104.1 Dear Stolf: Last week you mentioned that in “Gone With the Wind,” Ashley Wilkes marries his cousin Melanie Hamilton. Higgins, the Great remains the only novel ever to win the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. In 1974, Virginia Hamilton dazzled the world with her powerful account of a young man’s coming of age trapped between heritage of his mountain home and his desires for the future. So when two strangers arrive in the hills, one bringing the promise of fame in the world beyond the mountains and the other the revelation that choice and action both lie within his grasp, M.C.’s life is changed forever. looks behind, he sees only the massive remains of strip mining a gigantic heap of dirt and debris perched threateningly on a cliff above his home. knows why his father never wants his family to leave. looks out from atop the gleaming forty foot pole that his father planted in the mountain for him a gift for swimming the Ohio River he sees only the rolling hills and shady valleys that stretch out for miles in front of him. It bears her name, and her descendants have lived there ever since. His great grandmother escaped to the mountain as a runaway slave and made it her home. M.C.’s family is rooted to the slopes of Sarah’s Mountain.
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