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"the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the … - L. Frank Baum
"the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out."
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About L. Frank Baum
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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Lyman Frank Baum
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Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
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Suzanne Metcalf
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Schuyler Staunton
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Edith Van Dyne
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George Brooks
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Louis F. Baum
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Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald
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Pete
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Dugout
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Floyd Akers
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Laura Bancroft
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John Estes Cooke
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