The Real Wizard of Oz : The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum (CD-Audio)

from Bruce_Deming

Interesting book. So many curious coincidences of firsts occur, whether important or not you may judge, but L Frank Baum's first published book Mother Goose Rhymes in Prose, Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish as HIS first published Illustrations in a book and the publisher lived or owned the first h...

from UberButter

The author of this book does a great job of intertwining what is going on in the world during the time of L. Frank Baum. This is important as the events shaped his mind when he would later write the Wizard of Oz series. It seems as if the author of this book really did her research and I apprecia...

from stevetempo

An enjoyable reading of the life and times of America's first writer of fairy tales. I found Ms. Loncraine work to be most comprehensive as she analyzed Baum's life within the context of his times and then connected suggested influences to his volume of work. The only real stick I have (a very sm...

from stevetempo

An enjoyable reading of the life and times of America's first writer of fairy tales. I found Ms. Loncraine work to be most comprehensive as she analyzed Baum's life within the context of his times and then connected suggested influences to his volume of work. The only real stick I have (a very sm...

from NewsieQ

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) had wild success with his Wizard of Oz books, but was spectacularly unsuccessful in just about everything else -- except in selecting a wife. If it hadn't been for his wife Maud's inheritance from her mother, he and his family might have been homeless. And his success...