One of the most popular and best-selling books of all times,it took seven years for Margaret Mitchell to write it and a further eight months to check the thousands of historical and social references.It was made into a film which received ten Academy Awards, a record that stood for twenty years.Today, it is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time and one of the most enduring symbols of the golden age of Hollywood. Gone with the Wind remains the highest ticket-selling film of all time in North America and the UK.