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Margaret Mitchell Comes to Life with Lynn Rymarz
2026-09-17 13:00:00 2026-09-17 14:00:00 America/Chicago Margaret Mitchell Comes to Life with Lynn Rymarz Join historical storyteller Lynn Rymarz as she shares the life and times of Margaret Mitchell, the Pulitzer Prize winner of Gone With the Wind, later adapted into an Academy Award–winning film. R Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Thursday, September 17
1:00pm - 2:00pm

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Lake Cook Room

Join historical storyteller Lynn Rymarz as she shares the life and times of Margaret Mitchell, the Pulitzer Prize winner of Gone With the Wind, later adapted into an Academy Award–winning film. R

You will get a peek inside Margaret Mitchell's childhood in Atlanta where she grew up listening to Civil War stories told by her relatives who served as Confederate Soldiers—stories that made up the heart of Gone With The Wind. Find out about the characters she created in her book. Discover how her book won the Pulitzer Prize and was later made into an Academy Award-winning movie.

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