L. Frank Baum (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Lyman Frank Baum (bahm or bawm) is best known as the creator of the marvelous land of Oz, a utopian fantasy realm chronicled in a series of children’s books beginning with the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900. Baum’s Oz series comprises the first fully developed fantasy world created by an American author. In turn, Baum’s works construct a uniquely American version of the standard fairy tale.
Baum was the seventh of nine children born to German immigrants Benjamin and Cynthia Baum. Baum’s father was a Methodist circuit rider, and the family...
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