Margaret Mitchell didn't have to do much footwork to research information for the epic novel she authored. In fact, had it not been for an injury that Margaret sustained which rendered her house-bound, the world might have never known the beloved, American best selling novel, Gone With the Wind. Similarly to the heroine of the story, Scarlett O'Hara, Margaret Mitchel's resilience helped her to rise above the bad luck that fate had dealt her, to write the hugely successful novel. Prior to the publication of Gone With the Wind in 1936, Margaret Mitchell was a writer and reporter for the Atlanta Journal. In 1926, she was forced to leave her job when complications from a broken ankle side-lined her, forcing her to stay off her feet. While at home,