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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (with 4 Book Trailers)

New Illustrated Edition with Original Drawings by W. W. Denslow, and with 4 Book Trailers by Wirton Arvel

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (with 4 Book Trailers)( )
Author: Baum, L. Frank
Arvel, Wirton
Illustrator: Denslow, W. w.
Contribution by: Publisher, Kentauron
ISBN:978-1-5408-0076-3
Publication Date:Dec 2016
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

This ebook contains two parts. - The first part includes four illustrated short stories (book trailers) inspired by the original masterpiece of L. Frank Baum, and based on the original illustrations of W.W. Denslow (these four illustrated short stories are also available in video format). - The second part is the original novel of L. Frank Baum. The text is the complete and unabridged April 1900 edition by L. Frank Baum. Some other original illustrations by W....
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Book Details
Pages:188
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.43 Inches
Book Weight:0.76 Pounds
Author Biography
Baum, L. Frank (Author)
Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a melodrama he had written and scored.

Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow.

The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920.

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