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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 children's adventure tales, Baum failed at a series of careers and nearly lost his soul before setting out on a journey of discovery that would lead to the Land of Oz. Drawing on original research, Schwartz debunks popular misconceptions and shows how…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2009Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9781299883192
- Other · English · 2009Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 400 pages · 9780547527734
- Other · English · 2009Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 374 pages · 9780547055107
Philosophy in literatureFantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismOz (Imaginary place)Mythology in literatureAmerican Fantasy fictionSpirituality in literatureBaum, l. frank (lyman frank), 1856-1919