What is L. Frank Baum's most famous story?
"However, Baum ran into trouble and could not pay his debts to the company who produced the films. He did not get back to a stable financial situation for several years, after he sold the royalty rights to many of his earlier works, including ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". This resulted in the M.A. Donahue Company publishing cheap editions of his early works with advertising which purported that Baum's newer output was inferior to the less expensive books that they were releasing. Baum had shrewdly transferred most of his property into Maud's name, except for his clothing, his typewriter, and"
"magician for the death of his son. Nog races for the safety of his enchanted hut, the tiger close behind. The man loses the race; the tiger wins. As one of Baum's ""most powerful"" short works, ""a genuine horror story,"" the ""unrelieved morbid terror"" of ""The Tiger's Eye"" makes it unlike anything else in Baum's literary canon. The Tiger's Eye The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale is a short story by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story was unpublished in its own era, but has attracted significant attention since its belated"
"Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John is a young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the sixth volume in the ten-book series ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"", Baum's greatest commercial success after the Oz books themselves. Like the other books in the series, this sixth volume was issued under the pen name ""Edith Van Dyne,"" one of Baum's multiple pseudonyms. Unlike the Oz books and Baum's other fantasies, the ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" stories were set in the contemporary world, and so could be enriched"
"reprinted in a paperback edition in 2008. The Fate of a Crown The Fate of a Crown is a 1905 adventure novel written by L. Frank Baum, the author best known for his Oz books. It was published under the pen name ""Schuyler Staunton"", one of Baum's several pseudonyms. (Baum arrived at the name by adding one letter to the name of his late maternal uncle Schuyler Stanton.) In the years just before and after 1900, Baum had established himself as a successful author of children's books. He then set out to expand his audience in three potentially lucrative areas:"
"Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work is a 1909 young adult novel, written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the fourth volume in the ten-book series ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"", which was the greatest success of Baum's literary career after the Oz books themselves. Like the other books in the series, it was issued under the pen name ""Edith Van Dyne,"" one of Baum's multiple pseudonyms. The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle."
"The Runaway Shadows ""The Runaway Shadows, or A Trick of Jack Frost"" is a twentieth-century fairy tale, a fantasy short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story is one of a small cluster of Baum narratives that involve his fantasy land the Forest of Burzee and its exotic denizens. Arguably, Burzee constitutes Baum's second most important fantasy realm after Oz itself, being employed in his novels ""The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"" (1902) and ""Queen Zixi of Ix"" (1905) and several of his short stories, and is referenced in"
"films, ""The Patchwork Girl of Oz"" and ""The Magic Cloak of Oz"". Plays of L. Frank Baum The plays of L. Frank Baum are an important aspect of Baum's writing career about which some of the least is known. While even most brief biographies, long before the Internet, have noted Baum's work as a playwright, these works have been rarely performed beyond his lifetime, and almost none have been published aside from two scenarios and a first act of three unfinished works in ""The Musical Fantasies of L. Frank Baum"", compiled with an introduction by Alla T. Ford. Aside from"
"with Lady Lindeva as his Queen. The Runaway Shadows ""The Runaway Shadows, or A Trick of Jack Frost"" is a twentieth-century fairy tale, a fantasy short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story is one of a small cluster of Baum narratives that involve his fantasy land the Forest of Burzee and its exotic denizens. Arguably, Burzee constitutes Baum's second most important fantasy realm after Oz itself, being employed in his novels ""The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"" (1902) and ""Queen Zixi of Ix"" (1905) and several of his"
"Frank Baum (1856– 1919) own childhood . As a child, Baum experienced the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the consequent Abolition of slavery in the United States. The heroes of the Oz tales tend to be abolitionists and strive to end slavery in any form. The villains are slave owners who seek to enslave others and institute slavery. The inevitable conflict between the two sides is a recurring theme in the Oz tales and has in their view contributed to the enduring popularity of the series. The Bells argue that it is no coincidence that abolitionist Dorothy Gale is from"
"of Women. Baum retired to Bass Lake, Indiana, at which he managed the Wizard of Oz lodge. Upon his death, on June 7, 1967, he was survived by his wife, Brenda. He was also survived by sons Richard and Henry and daughters Ann and Judith, as well as 11 grandchildren. Harry Neal Baum Harry Neal Baum (December 18, 1889 – June 7, 1967) was an American author and the third son of L. Frank Baum. His father dedicated his 1902 novel ""The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"" to him. Baum, who received a Ph.D. in medieval history, wrote a"
"The Tiger's Eye The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale is a short story by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story was unpublished in its own era, but has attracted significant attention since its belated publication in 1962. Baum wrote the story most likely in 1905, to conclude his series of ""Animal Fairy Tales"". The nine stories in that collection first appeared in nine consecutive issues of ""The Delineator"", a popular women's magazine of the day, in 1905. ""The Tiger's Eye,"" however, was not printed in the magazine, ""probably because it was"
"The Fate of a Crown The Fate of a Crown is a 1905 adventure novel written by L. Frank Baum, the author best known for his Oz books. It was published under the pen name ""Schuyler Staunton"", one of Baum's several pseudonyms. (Baum arrived at the name by adding one letter to the name of his late maternal uncle Schuyler Stanton.) In the years just before and after 1900, Baum had established himself as a successful author of children's books. He then set out to expand his audience in three potentially lucrative areas: adult fiction and juvenile fiction for girls"
"A Kidnapped Santa Claus ""A Kidnapped Santa Claus"" is a Christmas-themed short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz; it has been called ""one of Baum's most beautiful stories"" and constitutes an influential contribution to the mythology of Christmas. ""A Kidnapped Santa Claus"" was first published in the December 1904 edition of ""The Delineator"", the women's magazine that would print Baum's ""Animal Fairy Tales"" in the following year. The magazine text was ""admirably illustrated"" with ""pen drawings of marked originality"" by Frederick Richardson, who would illustrate Baum's ""Queen Zixi of Ix"" in"
"Plays of L. Frank Baum The plays of L. Frank Baum are an important aspect of Baum's writing career about which some of the least is known. While even most brief biographies, long before the Internet, have noted Baum's work as a playwright, these works have been rarely performed beyond his lifetime, and almost none have been published aside from two scenarios and a first act of three unfinished works in ""The Musical Fantasies of L. Frank Baum"", compiled with an introduction by Alla T. Ford. Aside from his youthful success with ""The Maid of Arran"", his blockbuster eight-year run"
"made invisible to the outside world, but this did not sit well with fans, and he quickly abandoned the idea, writing eight more successful Oz books, and even naming himself the ""Royal Historian of Oz."" In all, Baum wrote fourteen best-selling children's books about Oz and its enchanted inhabitants, as well as a spin off-series of six early readers. After his death in 1919, author Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrator John R. Neill (who had previously collaborated with Baum on his Oz books) and several other writers and artists continued the series. There are now over 50 novels based upon Baum's"
"dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it ""America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale"". Its groundbreaking success and the success of the Broadway musical adapted from the novel led Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books that serve as official sequels to the first story. Baum dedicated the book ""to my good friend & comrade, My Wife"", Maud Gage Baum. In January 1901, George M. Hill Company completed printing the first edition, a"
"most famous of a number of related works. (One major distinction applies: writers like Chaucer and Day were primarily interested in commenting on human society, and used their animal metaphors as means to that end. In Baum's book, the animals and their welfare are the central consideration.) More generally, talking animals and human/animal transformation are virtually universal in world folklore. Baum's animal fable participates in this ancient tradition. Policeman Bluejay Policeman Bluejay or Babes in Birdland is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright. First published in 1907, Jack Snow considered it one"
"could talk to everyone while he decorated the tree without people managing to see him. He maintained this tradition all his life. Baum embarked on his lifetime infatuation—and wavering financial success—with the theater. A local theatrical company duped him into replenishing their stock of costumes on the promise of leading roles coming his way. Disillusioned, Baum left the theater — temporarily — and went to work as a clerk in his brother-in-law's dry goods company in Syracuse. This experience may have influenced his story ""The Suicide of Kiaros"", first published in the literary journal ""The White Elephant"". A fellow clerk"
"as a tacit admission that the genial milieu of his gentler characters, the cousins and their family, cannot accommodate the darker elements of American society. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society is a young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. First published in 1910, the book is the fifth volume in the ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" series, which was the second-greatest success of Baum's literary career, after the Oz books themselves. The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins, Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf,"
"better niche as a visual comedy character, in the tradition of British pantomime. The part of Hank was also an analog to the part of Dorothy's cow Imogene, Toto's replacement on stage in the immensely successful 1903 Broadway version of ""The Wizard of Oz"", a success that Baum sought to duplicate for the rest of his life. There is one small kingdom in Oz where animals are unable to talk: Corumbia. A legend of uncertain validity is that when relating bedtime stories (the earliest form of the Oz books) Baum was asked by his niece, Ramona Baxter Bowden, the name"
"of Baum's 1900 novel (there is no Wicked Witch or Toto, and there are some new characters), it first played in Chicago in 1902 and was a success on Broadway the following year. It then toured for seven years. The 1939 film adaptation bore a closer resemblance to the storyline of Baum's original novel than most previous versions. It was a strong success, won the Academy Awards for best song and best score, and has been frequently broadcast on television. This was followed, in 1945, by a musical theatre adaptation presented at the St. Louis Municipal Opera (MUNY). The script"
"Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad is a young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It was the second volume in the ten-novel series ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"", which was, after the Oz books, the second greatest success of Baum's literary career. Like the other books in the series, the novel appeared under the pen name ""Edith Van Dyne,"" one of Baum's multiple pseudonyms. Though the original edition of ""Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad"" bore the publication date ""1906"" (the same year as its predecessor book, ""Aunt Jane's Nieces""), the"
"Nelebel's Fairyland Nelebel's Fairyland is a twentieth-century fairy tale, a fantasy short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story was first printed in the June 1905 issue of ""The Russ"", the student newspaper of Russ High School in San Diego, California. It was reprinted in ""The Baum Bugle"" in 1962, and again in a 1980 collection of some of Baum's short fiction. In the context of Baum's fantasy world, ""Nelebel's Fairyland"" is noteworthy as one of the small cluster of works that invoke Baum's specific non-Oz fairy domain, the Forest"
"Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville is a 1908 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the third volume in ""the successful Aunt Jane Series,"" following ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" and ""Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad"". These books for adolescent girls constituted the second greatest success of Baum's literary career, after the Oz books. Like the other books in the series, the ""Millville"" volume was released under the pen name ""Edith Van Dyne,"" one of Baum's multiple pseudonyms. Novels for adolescent readers can take many specific"
"book repeatedly mentions Plymouth Rock poultry; Baum was a devotee of Hamburg poultry, and published a book on the subject in 1896. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville is a 1908 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the third volume in ""the successful Aunt Jane Series,"" following ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" and ""Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad"". These books for adolescent girls constituted the second greatest success of Baum's literary career, after the Oz books. Like the other books in the series, the ""Millville"" volume"
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz () is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation. The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet"
"prior ""Ozma of Oz"" (1907). He was not entirely pleased with this, as the introduction to ""Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz"" opens with the protest that he knows many tales of many lands, and hoped that children would permit him to tell them those tales. Written shortly after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and around the time Baum moved to California, the book starts with an earthquake in California. Dorothy and others are swallowed up by cracks in the earth, and fall into an underground cavern, where they begin their adventures. Very little of the story—six of the twenty"
"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"
"Harry Neal Baum Harry Neal Baum (December 18, 1889 – June 7, 1967) was an American author and the third son of L. Frank Baum. His father dedicated his 1902 novel ""The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"" to him. Baum, who received a Ph.D. in medieval history, wrote a number of history books for children. He worked in several advertising companies and ghostwrote the 1917 novel ""Mary Louise Solves a Mystery"" to satisfy his ill father's publishing obligations. Raised in Chicago, Baum was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on December 18, 1889, to Maud Gage and L. Frank Baum."
"studio, Chadwick Pictures, and it did not get a wide release. A marriage to Rosine Agnes Shafer Brubeck lasted from July 29, 1932 to her death on September 2, 1934. In 1933, Baum, credited as ""Col. Frank Baum"" may also have written Ted Eshbaugh's animated short, ""The Wizard of Oz"", or he may simply have negotiated the license. Baum was undaunted, and claimed to have written a 1931 radio drama called ""Tweety in Oz"", though no script has ever been found, which he followed with a 1934 story, ""Jimmy Bulber in Oz"", which was printed in order to achieve a"
"Ruth Ann Pattee's play ""Can Mrs. Claus Save Christmas?"" (2000). An interactive musical, also under the title ""Santa Claus is Missing,"" written by Morna Murphy with songs by Ralph Martell, played at the Staten Island Children's Museum from 2003 to 2008. A Kidnapped Santa Claus ""A Kidnapped Santa Claus"" is a Christmas-themed short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz; it has been called ""one of Baum's most beautiful stories"" and constitutes an influential contribution to the mythology of Christmas. ""A Kidnapped Santa Claus"" was first published in the December 1904 edition"
"the world of their girlhoods and into adult life. Both the remaining single cousins, Patsy and Beth, are moving toward maturity and marriage at the end of the story. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross is a 1915 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the tenth and final volume in Baum's ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" series of books for adolescent girls — the second greatest success of his publishing career, after the Oz books themselves. As with all the previous"
"""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"