The Killer Angeles Vs Gone With The Wind

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A novel that is the completely opposite in its portrayal of an accurate depiction of history than The Killer Angeles, is the novel Gone with the Wind. As I have explained, The Killer Angels which later was turned into a film almost twenty years later has continued to receive praise. When either the novel or film is mentioned, it is usually followed by a positive narrative. That is something that cannot be said for Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind which was also later turned into a film with the same name, has not seen the same successful criticism it had when it first was made (both novel and film). Gone with the Wind, written by Margaret Mitchell was first published in 1936. It is a flawed historical novel with its central theme being

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