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Some of the most boring, down to earth scenes and well written but the main events and the action events are glossed over and barely described leaving the reader a little confused about what has just happened. Through rhetts eyes we meet the people who shaped his larger than life personality as it sprang from margaret mitchells unforgettable pages. Aug 26, 2008 the beginning and end of rhett buttlers people was enjoyable. The middle of the book was not consistently believable. Rhett butlers people by donald mccaig librarything. Gone with the wind has been called the greatest story ever told, which explains the strange compulsion to keep on telling it. Through the storytelling mastery of awardwinning writer donald mccaig, the life and times of the dashing. He was also known for titles inspired by the border collies on his sheep ranch in virginia.
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