Selznick""s over-wrought script, based on he 1944 novel by Niven Busch (husband of actress Teresa Wright who was originally considered for the role of Pearl), was about a sexually-charged half-breed woman (Selznick miscast his own lover/future wife Jennifer Jones) who became the point of contention between wo brothers who were Cain/Abel opposites - one brutish and one refined.[The film""s title, according to Towne, referred to a ""state of mind"" rather than an actual geographic place.By 1916, after two grisly years of trench warfare, the battle lines had changed very little.Successful attacks were measured in hundreds of yards - and paid for in lives by hundreds of thousands.Lermontov summarized its contents: Craster was one of Professor Palmer""s pupils and had written a string quartet and a piano concerto.Ethan: You got a warrant?Clayton: You fit a lot of descriptions.Ethan never rejoined the Union after Lee surrendered o Grant:I figure a man""s only good for one oath at a time.