Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Ann Harris Gay


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:41, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Mary Ann Harris Gay

 * ... that Mary Ann Harris Gay's memoir Life in Dixie During the War directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel Gone with the Wind? Source: Gillespie 2009, p. 201.
 * ALT1:... that American Civil War memoirist Mary Ann Harris Gay as a child lived with her grandfather, a slave owner depicted harshly in A Slave Life in Georgia by John Brown? Source: Gillespie 2009, p. 203.
 * ALT2:... that American Civil War memoirist Mary Ann Harris Gay also wrote a book of poems that are quoted disdainfully in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Source: Oatman 1985, p. 71.
 * Reviewed: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Created by Krelnik (talk). Self-nominated at 13:13, 7 May 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new and long enough. The article and all three hooks are referenced. I prefer the first hook as more concise and interesting. No copyright or neutrality issues detected. QPQ done. Good to go.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:26, 8 May 2017 (UTC)