The Marvelous Land of Oz
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Tags: Children's, Classics, Novel
ISBN:0688054390
About the Author
Born into a large family in New York, Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) grew up on a large and luxurious family estate. There, his interest in the printed word began early on as he and his brother published their own newspaper on a printing press that his father had purchased. Though he drifted a bit from job to job as an adult, writing was always part of Baum’s various enterprises, whether clerical or agricultural. In fact, his first published book was a non-fiction work on the raising and care of chickens. After marrying, Baum and his wife moved to South Dakota where he ran a general store and then began to write for a local newspaper. Only when Baum moved to Chicago in order to pursue his career as a writer for the Evening Post did he first begin to create the children’s stories for which he remains famous today. In 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and with it, achieved instant fame and fortune. As early as 1902, his novel was adapted for the stage. Baum continued to write sequels to his beloved children’s classic, eventually completing thirteen different novels about Oz. Always in search of new directions, in his last years Baum followed his lifelong love of theater to Hollywood, where the film industry was just beginning to take root in the early 1910s. To this day, L. Frank Baum and his “Oz books” remain a familiar presence on bookshelves around the world.
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After the publication of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" I began to receive letters from children, telling me of their pleasure in reading the story and asking me to "write something more" about the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. At first I considered these little letters, frank and earnest though ...
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5/5
Reviewed by mfaith on Oct 19, 2009
Great followup to a classic tale.
I wasn't sure what to expect, having never read any of the later Oz works. This second story in the Oz cannon definitely delivers. Very pleasing tale. If you enjoyed the original story, you should enjoy this as well.
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Ratings for 'The Marvelous Land of Oz' by Baum, L. Frank
| angelicmobster8 | | 2009-09-21 | |
| anjali | | 2009-04-23 | |
| blondierocket |  | 2008-10-23 | |
| holytoastr | | 2010-09-02 | |
| justAnca | | 2010-07-13 | |
| luvpumpkns | | 2009-05-21 | |
| mfaith | | Read review | 2009-10-19 |
| Paracelsus | | 2011-11-22 | |
| roxychan | | 2009-05-17 |
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