Finding Oz : how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story / Evan I. Schwartz.
Finding Oz : how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story / Evan I. Schwartz.
Finding Oz : how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story / Evan I. Schwartz.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N813.4/54
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: America's adventure -- No place like home -- An unexpected journey -- A girl in a man's world -- Heart of a tin man -- Roadblock -- The mythic oilcan -- Witch-hunting -- Frontier of hope and fear -- The story store -- The brainless and the heartless -- Field of blood -- The golden path --...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
The remarkable story behind one of the world's most enduring and best-loved books. Offering new insights into the true origins and meaning of L. Frank Baum's 1900 masterwork, author Schwartz delves into the personal turmoil and spiritual transformation that fueled Baum's fantastical parable of the American Dream. Before becoming an impresario of ch...
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Finding Oz : how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story / Evan I. Schwartz.
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Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-355) and index.
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N813.4/54
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74VvqZr6r77A
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0547055102
9780547055107
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813.4
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991006092479702626
