"..."but there is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead a… - L. Frank Baum

"..."but there is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time." - said the Wizard

"As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy.

from "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

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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