Mrs. Culp's Diary, Monday, July 12, 1937

She is engrossed in 'Gone With the Wind'

The Culps went out to the Edison Street house, where Doc and two other men were hard at work. She sent sister Else $7 by special delivery. But most of the day was apparently spent reading Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, the page turner that is still one of the best-selling books in publishing history.

By the time Mrs. Culp got her hands on a copy…