American author (1900–1949) whose single novel, Gone with the Wind, became one of the best-sellers of all time and spawned one of the most fabled movies in Hollywood history. She died after being struck by a speeding car at the age of forty-eight. TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, December 8, 1936. Mitchell writes to Mrs. Sewell. In full: “I remember your first letter with so much pleasure and your second letter was even more pleasant, when you wrote me that you knew my relatives in New York. I have not seen them in some time but they were very dear to me, and Mrs. Elliott was one of my mother’s favorite cousins. As to how the ‘Wind’ in my title is pronounced, it is pronounced to rhyme with ‘sinned.’” Light toning to main portion of letter and mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
