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Violence
Some
Civil War violence and period deaths
Language
Barely any
Period language; mild
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content across multiple relationships
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; period setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of honor, regret, and the psychological cost of living through a civilization's collapse
What this book is about
Donald McCaig's authorized companion to Gone with the Wind tells Rhett Butler's story: from Charleston aristocracy and his expulsion from West Point through blockade running, the Civil War, and his complicated years entangled with Scarlett O'Hara. McCaig gives the roguish hero psychological depth and attempts to address Mitchell's novel's racial politics with greater directness. A substantial novel for readers who want the other side of an American classic.
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Civil War violence
Period racial content (slavery setting)
Adult romantic content
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