A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story between August and September 1994. The film was released a few days before the premiere of "Scarlett", the sequel of "Gone with the Wind". A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story is a 1994 biographical television film directed by Larry Peerce. The film is about the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel writer Margaret Mitchell, who landed to fame when she wrote "Gone with the Wind". The film was praised by critics, with them especially complimenting Memphis, Tennessee-born Shannen Doherty's Old Southern accent. Margaret grows up to become a respectable lady in the South, just like
Edisto Island during the American Civil War were used as camps and Crawford's Plantation House owned by Confederate officer, William J. Whaley, was used to house Freedmen's Bureau teachers Mary Ames and Emily Bliss. Edisto Island during the American Civil War Edisto Island during the American Civil War was the location of a number of minor engagements and for a time of a large colony of African-American escaped former slaves during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Edisto Island was largely abandoned by planters in November 1861 and in December 1861, escaped slaves began setting up their own refugee camps there. In January 1862, armed African Americans from