Author guide · Where the books are set

Margaret Mitchell's world

Every real place Margaret Mitchell's stories are set in — one guide across their books, verified against the text and mapped so you can read your way there before you go.

1 book · 2 real places · grounded to Margaret Mitchell

Where are Margaret Mitchell's books set?

Margaret Mitchell's 1 book are set in 2 real places you can visit: Atlanta and Clayton County — each a location their stories actually unfold in.

  • Atlanta
  • Clayton County

  1. Real places in Gone with the Wind

    • Atlanta

      Georgia

      Scarlett's Atlanta rises along Peachtree Street, burns in Sherman's 1864 march, and claws its way back through Reconstruction - the city's own arc told through hers.

      See the Atlanta itinerary

    • Clayton County

      Jonesboro, Georgia

      Tara, the O'Hara plantation, sits in the red-clay countryside of Clayton County near Jonesboro, south of Atlanta - the land Scarlett swears she will never lose, and the county Mitchell drew from her own family's farms.