L. Frank Baum: Difference between revisions

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'''Lyman (long for "L.") Frank Baum''' (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, best known for ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' --: a work so popular that, in fact, he was chained to the series and wrote Oz book after Oz book while longing to write ''anything'' else. Which helps explain what a [[Continuity Snarl]] the Oz books are. Before being utterly trapped by Oz, he wrote a number of other works, such as ''The Life and Adventures of [[Santa Claus]]''.

* [[Land of Oz (Literature)|Land of Oz]] series, including

** ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''

** ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz (Literature)|The Marvelous Land of Oz]]''

* [[Cameo Prop]]: Baum died before MGM's version of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' was filmed, but, in a remarkable coincidence, Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel wore a secondhand coat that turned out to have belonged to the author. (It's true; [[Snopes]] [http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozcoat.asp confirms it].)

* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: A lot of his fictional countries, but especially Mo in ''The Magical Monarch of Mo''. For point of reference, this is a place where the treatment for sore throat is to remove a person's neck, turn it inside out, put it out to ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_:Curing (food_preservation)food preservation)|cure]]'', turn it right-side-in again, and put the person's neck back. You can also get out of a deep pit by pushing the side so hard it flips the pit upside-down so you're at the top, not the bottom.

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