From even before the time of her death in 1949, Margaret Mitchell, the petite author of Gone With the Wind, like all instant celebrities, faced the scrutiny of the media. As early as 1936, when Gone With the Wind was published, the celebrity spotlight insisted on giving Miss Mitchell a notoriety she did not cherish, for she was an extremely private person. Credited with many personality characteristics she never had in life, she quickly became something of a legend. After her death, the legend grew by leaps and bounds, and some published accounts of her life so strained the actual events and truth, that Miss Mitchell has emerged as something her friends never knew and would not recognize. She is quoted as saying things to friends which she never said and doing things she never did, given deep-seated psychological motivations which never evidenced themselves in her life. It is the Margaret Mitchell of Atlanta legend which Letters from Margaret hopes to help erase. A highly personal correspondence, the letters were written to the Granberrys as her closest friends outside of Atlanta. They show a person who, as Edwin Granberry said, was "one of the brightest, the most scintillating, and most compassionate spirits we have ever known" ¾ a normal human being interacting with her family, friends, and the world around her as she was increasingly submerged in the fame surrounding Gone With the Wind. The letters reveal no new startling aspects of Margaret's life, but, rather, open a window into the humanity and strength of her character. The letters were kept by Edwin Granberry until his death in 1988, with the instructions that it was important they should see the light of day in order to counter the Margaret Legend, but that this should not be done until Miss Mitchell had been gone for at least 50 years. Now, 52 years after Margaret's death, the letters are being given to the reading public.