Books by "Lyman Frank Baum"
6 books found
"Our Landlady","""It is widely known that L. Frank Baum spent several years in South Dakota before moving to Chicago, where he wrote the Oz books that made him famous. . . . Koupal carefully lays out the complexities and ambiguities of Baum's thinking by providing us with the full texts of Baum's columns published weekly in the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer between January 1890 and February 1891, and by adding her own commentary and a glossary to place these writings in context. Entitled 'Our Landlady,' the column described in a generally humorous vein the conversations and activities of four fictional characters-the landlady and three of her regular boarders-and a wide variety of prominent local residents of Aberdeen.""-Great Plains Quarterly. NP""Readers will be grateful to Koupal for this amusing and edifying supplement to our understanding of one of the giants of American popular culture.""-Western Historical Quarterly. ""Baum's humor is of the biting kind. . . . Readers of Our Landlady will find the beginnings of Baum's wonderful world of humor as well as an informative look at life in a prairie state.""-South Dakota History. ""Koupal is an admirable editor. It's hard to see how the work could be improved.""-The Baum Bugle. NPNancy Tystad Koupal is a native of Mitchell, South Dakota, and serves as director of the Research and Publishing Program at the South Dakota State Historical Society."
A beloved classic comes to life with this beautifully illustrated annotated edition on the 100th anniversary of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the quintessential American fairy tale, but also one of the most controversial children's books ever published. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading Oz scholar, provides a spellbinding annotated edition that illuminates all of Oz's numerous contemporary references, provides fascinating character sources, and explains the actual meaning of the word "Oz." A facsimile of the rare 1900 first edition appears with the original drawings by W. W. Denslow--scrupulously reproduced to mimic their correct colors, using a different color for each region of Oz -- as well as twenty-five previously unpublished illustrations. In addition, Hearn provides an extensive bibliography, compiling Baum's published work, every notable Oz edition, and the stage and motion-picture productions from 1939's The Wizard of Oz to the 1974 Broadway smash The Wiz. The result is a classic to rival Baum's own, and a book no family's library can do without. 90 black-and-white, 56 color, and two-color illustrations throughout.
The Wizard of Oz - Lyman Frank Baum (Stage-1)
by Lyman Frank Baum
Swept away by a cyclone from the Kansas prairies to the Land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, must find their way home. Traveling to the Emerald City with a new band of friends; the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy’s fate is in the hands of a great and terrible wizard. But a wicked enemy stands in her way. But with help of his friends, Dorothy will go back to Kansas and live happily with his Uncle Henry and Aunt Em.
The Scarecrow discovers he in the Emperor of Silver Island after hunting for his ancestors. But Dorothy and her friends must rescue him before he undergoes a terrible enchantment.
`The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,' said the Witch; `so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you.' A cyclone hits Kansas and whirls away Dorothy and her little dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz, where wild beasts talk, silver shoes have magic powers, and good witches offer protection with a kiss. But Dorothy has made an enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. With her new friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, they brave many dangers in search of the Wonderful Wizard in his Emerald City at the heart of Oz to ask him to grant each of them what they most desire - only to find that they already possess it. Published at the dawn of the twentieth century, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) immediately captivated child and adult readers alike. This new edition includes many of W. W. Denslow's original illustrations, and the introduction considers both the famous MGM film version and recent literary theory in a fascinating discussion of this children's classic.
A human foundling child, adopted by a wood-nymph and raised by the creatures who inhabit a magical forest, grows up to be the immortal Santa Claus.