Lyman Frank Baum (/bÉ"Ë m/; May 15, 1856 â€" May 6, 1919) was an
American author chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the
Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not counting four lost, unpublished
novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He
made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent
medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a
landmark of 20th-century cinema.His works anticipated such
century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop
computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women
in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the
Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's
Nieces at Work).Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, in 1856 into a
devout Methodist family. He had German, Scots-Irish and English
ancestry. He was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann (née
Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into
adulthood. "Lyman" was the name of his father's brother, but he always
disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".
American author chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the
Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not counting four lost, unpublished
novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He
made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent
medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a
landmark of 20th-century cinema.His works anticipated such
century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop
computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women
in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the
Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's
Nieces at Work).Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, in 1856 into a
devout Methodist family. He had German, Scots-Irish and English
ancestry. He was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann (née
Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into
adulthood. "Lyman" was the name of his father's brother, but he always
disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".
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