The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

Dorothy and her dog Toto are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone and transported to the wonderful world of Oz. She meets three companions - Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion - and the three journey to the Emerald City of Oz to ask the Wizard of Oz to give them their heart's desires, which in Dorothy's case is to return home to Kansas.

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango in the state of New York. Educated mostly at home due to ill health, he was encouraged by his wealthy father to pursue his early interests in journalism and playwriting. He started his first magazine aged fifteen, had his own theatre at twenty-four and worked for many newspapers and periodicals before turning to children's fiction with stories he had made up for his own four sons. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, was his third bestselling book in as many years, and launched the series of Oz titles. Baum had moved with his family to Hollywood following the huge success of the books and stage adaptations. His own Oz Film Manufacturing Company failed to capitalize on the stories, and the hugely popular movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, was not made until twenty years after Baum's death in 1939.

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ISBN 13	9781905716524
ISBN 10	1905716524
Title	The Wizard of Oz
Author	L Frank Baum
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2009-09-01
Number of pages	184
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