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L. Frank Baum

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L. Frank Baum


Born
in Chittenango, New York, The United States
May 15, 1856

Died
May 06, 1919

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Matilda Joslyn Gage, Andrew Lang, William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, ...more


also wrote under the names:
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald


Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ...

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Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3)

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Dorothy and the Wizard in O...

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The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

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The Emerald City of Oz (Oz,...

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Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8)

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Oz: The Complete Collection...

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“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz

“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
L. Frank Baum

“There is no place like home.”
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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