Plans by Atlanta archdiocese for part of a bequest from a relative of “Gone With The Wind” author Margaret Mitchell have been criticised as excessive. About US $4.4million has been or is to be spent on residences for priests and Archbishop Wilton Gregory. The money came from a US$15 million bequest from Joseph Mitchell, nephew Read more
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Gone with the Wind windfall for US archdiocese
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
The archdiocese of Atlanta has received a multimillion-dollar windfall from the fortune earned by the bestselling Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind. The bequest from Joseph Mitchell, nephew of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Margaret Mitchell, includes a 50 per cent share of the trademark and literary rights to the novel. Also included are a Read more