 Of much more lasting impact was the story "Gone with the Wind" in the form of a best-selling novel "Gone with the Wind" (1936), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for its author Margaret Mitchell, and an award-winning Hollywood blockbuster, "Gone with the Wind" (1939).In each case, the second half focuses on Reconstruction in Atlanta.The book sold millions of copies nationwide; the film is regularly rebroadcast on television.