Moby Dick, Section 1

Here's a link to the first section of Moby Dick. It ends with chapter 1. Chapters 2-5 will follow shortly. If you have questions, please make note of them and bring them to our next meeting. I want this to be as easy to understand as possible, so don't be afraid to ask something even if it seems weird.
You can read the text online, but it's not terribly clear, so you can also just download the pdf from the site.

Confederate Casualties

Click here for an article from The Wall Street Journal about new research into which Confederate state had the most casualties.

Tradition has it that North Carolina had the most dead, but that's starting to look doubtful according to Josh Howard.

Sergio Leone

Italian director Sergio Leone, famous for his film The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, had an unrealized ambition: directing a big-budget remake of Gone with the Wind.

From Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers by Robert Schnakenberg

Inherit the Wind

Here's an article from Time magazine about Gone with the Wind. The subtitle of the book is "At 75, Gone with the Wind is still mistaken for a romance. It's actually a gritty eulogy."

Time article

Clark Gable

Director Howard Hawks once went on a hunting trip with actor Clark Gable and author William Faulkner.
He said of his companions: "I don't think Gable ever read a book, and I don't think Faulkner ever went to see a movie."

According to Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers by Rob Schnakenberg, later in the trip "Gable asked Faulkner who his favorite authors were, 'Thomas Mann, Willa Cather, John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway, and myself,' Faulkner replied, with characteristic modesty. Gable was taken aback. 'Oh, do you write, Mr. Faulkner?' he asked. 'Yeah,' retorted Faulkner. 'What do you do, Mr. Gable?"

Collector's Edition

Warner Brothers sells the 70th anniversary Gone with the Wind DVD complete with lots of bonus features. There are also downloads, videos and pictures available through their website.

Jezebel

Click on the picture for info on the movie