L. Frank Baum was a sickly boy who was educated mostly ... But the experience of writing, producing and acting would prove invaluable later. Nothing hinted that in 1900, at 44, he would author ...

L. Frank Baum wrote these words in his poem about The ... Baum’s routine at the hotel fostered his writing process. He wrote ...

No, I'm not referring to that dubious old tale that L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an allegory about the evils of the gold standard. As Michael Patrick Hearn pointed out long ...

American Oz shows how L. Frank Baum wove together scraps and shards of his own experiences into an enduring work of the imagination. As a young husband and father, Baum was continually struggling ...

Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives. By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published ...

Project Ozma was named after the queen of L. Frank Baum's imaginary land of Oz -- a place "very far away, difficult to reach, and populated by strange and exotic beings." The stars chosen by Drake for ...