The Wind Done Gone The Wind Done Gone The Wind Done Gone (2001) is the first novel written by Alice Randall. It is a bestselling historical novel that tells an alternative account of the story in the American novel "Gone with the Wind" (1936) by Margaret Mitchell. While the story of "Gone with the Wind" focuses on the life of a the daughter of a wealthy slave owner, Scarlett O'Hara, "The Wind Done Gone" tells the story of the life of one of her slaves, Cynara, during the same time period and events. The title is an African American Vernacular English play on the
Gone with the Wind (film) their distributors. A further re-release in 1971 allowed it to briefly recapture the record from "The Sound of Music", bringing its total worldwide gross rental to about $116 million by the end of 1971—more than trebling its earnings from its initial release—before losing the record again the following year to "The Godfather". Across all releases, it is estimated that "Gone with the Wind" has sold over 200 million tickets in the United States and Canada, generating more theater admissions in that territory than any other film. The film was phenomenally successful in Western Europe too, generating approximately 35 million tickets