The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
27 November 1992
Summary
Frank Baum set out to write ‘a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out’. Published in May 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had sold 100,000 copies by the following January, proving that this was exactly what his young readers wanted. The story of Dorothy, carried by a cyclone from her uncle’s Kansas farm to the Land of Oz, and her adventures on the yellow brick road with the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cow…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159039 |
| Author: | Frank Baum |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 November 1992 |
| Weight: | 437g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 162mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
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About The Author
Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum, a known American author, wrote especially The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and 13 other stories, including Ozma of Oz (1907).
Lyman Frank Baum, an author, actor, and independent filmmaker alongside illustrator William Wallace Denslow, created some of the most popular books in children’s literature. His works include sequels, nine other fantasies, and 55 novels in total, 82 short prose pieces, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. He also made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.
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