"by L. Frank Baum. The first story arc is an adaptation of the first Oz book, ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". It follows the adventures of Dorothy, an orphan girl living out in the gray prairies of Kansas with her Aunt Em, her Uncle Henry and her dog Toto. One day, After Em and Uncle Henry leave Dorothy and Toto alone in order to travel into town. A tornado appears, uproots the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, and transports it to the Land of Oz. In Oz Dorothy meets the Good Witch of the North, who tells her that"
"""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz""s publication in 1900, it received little critical analysis from scholars of children's literature. According to Ruth Berman of ""Science Fiction Studies"", the lists of suggested reading published for juvenile readers never contained Baum's work. The lack of interest stemmed from the scholars' misgivings about fantasy, as well as to their belief that lengthy series had little literary merit. It has frequently come under fire over the years. In 1957, the director of Detroit's libraries banned ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" for having ""no value"" for children of his day, for supporting ""negativism"", and for bringing"
"island. The British colonists claimed the island and quickly settled Bermuda. In May 1610, they set forth for Jamestown, this time arriving at their destination. The children's novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home by a tornado. The story was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900 and has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name"
"of view, rather than the adult's. One of the most famous books of American children's literature is L. Frank Baum's fantasy novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", published in 1900. ""By combining the English fondness for word play with the American appetite for outdoor adventure"", Connie Epstein in ""International Companion Encyclopedia Of Children's Literature"" says Baum ""developed an original style and form that stands alone"". Baum wrote fourteen more Oz novels, and other writers continued the Oz series into the twenty-first century. Demand continued to grow in North America between World War I and World War II, helped by the"
"coroner's autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a basal skull fracture. Edgar Allan Woolf Edgar Allan Woolf (25 April 1881 – 9 December 1943) was a lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz"". Woolf was the son of Albert E. Woolf, a feather works employee, a manufacturer of disinfectant and an inventor of electrical devices, and Rosamond Wimpfheimer Woolf. Woolf attended City College of New York and Columbia University, graduating from the latter with an A.B in 1901. He wrote the annual Varsity"
"fantasies such as Lewis Carroll's ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1865), J. M. Barrie's ""Peter Pan"" (1906), L. Frank Baum's ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900), as well as the work of E. Nesbit (1858 – 1924)) and Frank R. Stockton (1834 – 1902)) were also published around this time. Indeed, C. S. Lewis noted that in the earlier part of the 20th century, fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature, and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience, despite concepts that could form an adult work. At this time, the terminology for the genre"
"The Magic of Oz The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, ""The Magic of Oz"" relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz. The novel was dedicated"
"1900 children's book ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". Oz, managed by The Great Wizard, was pushed strongly for about a month, he squashed several wrestlers before losing to Ron Simmons at The Great American Bash on July 14. In reality, all plans for Oz were immediately scrapped when Nash refused to sign a $300/night guarantee as WCW was cutting costs. A decision was made to retain Nash until a new gimmick could be developed. On October 27, he lost to Bill Kazmaier at Halloween Havoc. Nash wrestled as Oz throughout the remainder of 1991 and went on a lengthy losing"
"Edgar Allan Woolf Edgar Allan Woolf (25 April 1881 – 9 December 1943) was a lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz"". Woolf was the son of Albert E. Woolf, a feather works employee, a manufacturer of disinfectant and an inventor of electrical devices, and Rosamond Wimpfheimer Woolf. Woolf attended City College of New York and Columbia University, graduating from the latter with an A.B in 1901. He wrote the annual Varsity Show, ""The Mischief Maker"", in his senior year. Woolf joined the Murray Hill"
"""The Wizard of Oz"", and adapted for use in other media. Thanks in part to the 1939 MGM movie, it is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success, and the success of the popular 1902 Broadway musical which Baum adapted from his original story, led to Baum's writing thirteen more Oz books. Hollywood director King Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) survived the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as a boy. Based on that experience, he published a fictionalized account of that cyclone, titled ""Southern Storm"", for the May"
"1918 had been an exceptionally good year. The high sales were most likely influenced by the death of Baum earlier in 1919. The Magic of Oz The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, ""The Magic of Oz"""
"Oz novels. ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" was published in 1900, and was the first to enter the public domain in ""1956"". This allowed Reilly & Lee, the publisher of all the other Oz books (as well as Baum's other books) to issue their own edition of ""The Wizard of Oz"", which had previously been published by George M. Hill Company and later by the Bobbs Merill Company after Hill went bankrupt.. ""The Marvelous Land of Oz"", which was published in 1904, followed suit and entered public domain in 1960. All of Baum's subsequent Oz books, published between 1907 and"
"Tin Woodman The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. Baum's Tin Woodman first appeared in his classic 1900 book ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", and reappeared in many other subsequent Oz books in the series. In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons. Baum, who was editing a magazine"
"of a Lobster Fiend"". Other influences that have been established include H. G. Wells, L. Frank Baum's ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900), J. M. Barrie's ""Peter Pan"" (1904), Carlo Collodi's ""Pinocchio"" (1883), Arthur Conan Doyle's ""Sherlock Holmes and the Engineer's Thumb"" (1889), Henryk Sienkiewicz's ""Quo Vadis"" (1896), Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and Mark Twain's ""The 1,000,000 Pound Bank-Note"" (1893). McCay never acknowledged the influence of Sigmund Freud, whose ""The Interpretation of Dreams"" had been published in 1900. According to McCay scholar Ulrich Merkl, it is likely McCay was aware of the Viennese doctor's theories,"
"Frank made his protagonist of ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" a female named Dorothy. Frank dedicated the book to her, writing ""to my good friend and comrade, My Wife"". Historian Sally Roesch Wagner, who discovered Dorothy Gale's namesake, told the Associated Press in 1982, ""He gave Maud her Dorothy in an immortal way."" Although ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" was very profitable, the family remained low on cash in 1900 near Christmas. The book's initial royalty was slated to be given to Frank in January. However, Maud told Frank to ask for it in advance to purchase Christmas gifts. Begrudgingly,"
"May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of both the 1902 stage play and the well-known adaptation 1939 film version, starring Judy Garland. The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a tornado. Thanks in part to the 1939 MGM movie, it is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture. Native Americans were the earliest inhabitants of the land that is today known"
"of children's books, most notably with ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900). By the middle of the twentieth century's first decade, he was working diligently to branch out into other markets. In 1905 he released his first adult novel, ""The Fate of a Crown"" (as the work of ""Schuyler Staunton""); in 1906 he issued his first books for adolescent girls, ""Annabel"" (as by ""Suzanne Metcalf"") and ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" (by ""Edith Van Dyne""), as well as his first book for boys. The 1906 ""Sam Steele"" title was the first book in a projected series; ""Capt. Fitzgerald"" followed up with ""Sam"
"Wicked Witch of the West The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum as the most significant antagonist in his classic children's novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900). In Baum's subsequent ""Oz"" novels, it is the Nome King who is the principal villain; the Wicked Witch of the West is rarely even referred to again after her death in the first book. The witch's most popular depiction was in the classic 1939 film based on Baum's novel, where she was portrayed by Margaret Hamilton. Hamilton's characterization introduced green skin and"
"University Press of Kansas's ""Kansas Centennial Edition"", illustrated by Michael McCurdy with black-and-white illustrations, and Robert Sabuda's pop-up book. Baum wrote ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" without any thought of a sequel. After reading the novel, thousands of children wrote letters to him, requesting that he craft another story about Oz. In 1904, he wrote and published the first sequel, ""The Marvelous Land of Oz"", explaining that he grudgingly wrote the sequel to address the popular demand. Baum also wrote sequels in 1907, 1908, and 1909. In his 1911 ""The Emerald City of Oz"", he wrote that he could not"
"The Master Key (novel) The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale, Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum, author of ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". It was illustrated by F. Y. Cory. The protagonist is a boy named Rob Joslyn. His age is not specified. Baum dedicated the book ""To My Son, Robert Stanton Baum,"" who was born in 1886 and would thus have been about fifteen at the time it was published. Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he ""never"
"total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. The book was published by George M. Hill Company. Its first edition had a printing of 10,000 copies and was sold in advance of the publication date of September 1, 1900. On May 17, 1900, the first copy of the book came off the press; Baum assembled it by hand and presented it to his sister Mary Louise Baum Brewster. The public saw the book for the first time at a book fair"
"striving American boy."" The Master Key (novel) The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale, Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum, author of ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". It was illustrated by F. Y. Cory. The protagonist is a boy named Rob Joslyn. His age is not specified. Baum dedicated the book ""To My Son, Robert Stanton Baum,"" who was born in 1886 and would thus have been about fifteen at the time it was published. Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees"
"Paul Tietjens Paul Tietjens (; May 22, 1877 – November 25, 1943) was an American composer of the early twentieth century. He is best known for composing music for ""The Wizard of Oz"", the 1902 stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum's ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", one of the great popular hits of its era. Tietjens was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At age 14 he appeared as a piano soloist with the St. Louis Symphony. He later studied in Europe with Hugo Kaun, Harold Bauer, and Theodor Leschetizky. Early in his career, Tietjens's ambition was to establish"
"Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"", and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university, Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at"
"publication of """", the best-selling picture book in 1900, the family began to live a comfortable life. They passed their summers at Macatawa Park, Michigan, where Frank purchased a cottage, christening it the ""Sign of a Goose"". On November 17, 1900, Frank transferred the literary rights of his most recent books—""Mother Goose in Prose"", """", ""A New Wonderland"" (later published as ""The Magical Monarch of Mo""), and ""From Kansas to Fairyland"" (later published as ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"")—to Maud. Maud gave Frank $1,000 to validate the contract, and the signing of the contract was witnessed by W. W. Denslow"
"American Fairy Tales American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" the previous year. The cover, title page, and page borders were designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour; each story was furnished with two full-page black-and-white illustrations, by either Harry Kennedy, Ike Morgan, or Norman P. Hall. L. Frank Baum was doing well in 1901, better than ever before in his life. He had written two popular books, """" and ""The Wonderful Wizard of"
"Dot and Tot of Merryland Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", he wrote this story about the adventures of a little girl named Dot and a little boy named Tot in a land reached by floating on a river that flowed through a tunnel. The land was called Merryland and was split into seven valleys. The book was illustrated by artist W. W. Denslow, who had illustrated three previous Baum books. Unlike ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", ""Dot and Tot of Merryland"" contained no tipped"
"of Oz"" and Disney's 2013 theatrical film ""Oz the Great and Powerful"". Wicked Witch of the East The Wicked Witch of the East is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum. She is a crucial character but appears only briefly in Baum's classic children's series of ""Oz"" novels, most notably ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900). The Wicked Witch was a middle aged, malevolent woman who conquered and tyrannized the Munchkin Country in Oz's eastern quadrant, forcing the native Munchkins to slave for her night and day. Her charmed Silver Shoes (famously changed to magic ruby slippers"
"Home Journal"", ""Good Housekeeping"", ""Cosmopolitan"", and ""Woman's Home Companion"", intended for mothers to read to their children. Some cheap periodicals appealing to the juvenile reader started to appear in the early twentieth century, often with uncredited illustrations. Helen Bannerman's ""Little Black Sambo"" was published in 1899, and went through numerous printings and versions during the first decade of the twentieth century. It was part of a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, published by British publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904. L. Frank Baum's ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" was published in 1900, and Baum"
"Winged monkeys Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and popular culture as flying monkeys) are fictional characters created by American author L. Frank Baum in his classic children's novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900). The winged monkeys are exactly what the name implies: jungle monkeys with powerful bird-like feathered wings attached to their shoulders which allow them to fly. They are most notable from the famous 1939 musical movie by MGM. Ever since, they have taken their own place in popular culture, regularly referenced in comedic or ironic situations as a source of evil or fear. The winged"
"significant serious work is arguably his opera ""The Tents of the Arabs"". Tietjens spent much of his life in Europe. When his health failed in 1942, he returned to St. Louis to live with his sister, and died there the following year. His manuscripts are in the Gaylord Musical Library at Washington University; the University's Tietjens Hall is named in his honor. [Category:American people of German descent]] Paul Tietjens Paul Tietjens (; May 22, 1877 – November 25, 1943) was an American composer of the early twentieth century. He is best known for composing music for ""The Wizard of Oz"","
"Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum as the main protagonist in many of his ""Oz"" novels. She first appears in Baum's classic children's novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900) and reappears in most of its sequels. In addition, she is the main character in various adaptations, notably the classic 1939 film adaptation of the novel, ""The Wizard of Oz"". In later novels, the Land of Oz steadily becomes more familiar to her than her homeland of Kansas. Indeed, Dorothy eventually goes to live in an apartment in the Emerald City's"
"fifteenth issue of ""Graphic Classics"" by Antonella Caputo and Brad Teare. American Fairy Tales American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" the previous year. The cover, title page, and page borders were designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour; each story was furnished with two full-page black-and-white illustrations, by either Harry Kennedy, Ike Morgan, or Norman P. Hall. L. Frank Baum was doing well in 1901, better than ever before in his life. He"