described as a horrible, cruel and remorseless grizzly, who… - L. Frank Baum

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described as a horrible, cruel and remorseless grizzly, whose only business in life is to eat up little girls — shoes, dresses, ribbons and all! And then, the author says, I smack my lips and glory in my wickedness.

L. Frank Baum

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Lyman Frank Baum (15 May 1856 – 6 May 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Birth Name: Lyman Frank Baum

Alternative Names: Captain Hugh Fitzgerald • Suzanne Metcalf • Schuyler Staunton • Edith Van Dyne • George Brooks • Louis F. Baum • Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald • Pete • Dugout • Floyd Akers • Laura Bancroft • John Estes Cooke

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