The generals commanded the colonels and the colonels comman… - L. Frank Baum

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The generals commanded the colonels and the colonels commanded the majors and the majors commanded the captains and the captains commanded the private, who marched with an air of proud importance because it required so many officers to give him his orders.

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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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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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