Geoffrey Chaucer

L. Frank Baum (1856--1919)

The author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and numerous sequels.

Sites

  1. A Baum Biography
  2. A Baum Chronology
Works

  1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz A formatted edition by Robert Stockton (an Irish harpist) of the Project Gutenberg web edition.
  2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz A annotated web edition by Moi based of the Project Gutenberg web edition.
  3. Baum's Oz Play Page This page of Baum 1902 play version of the Oz shows that Baum himself introduced the episode of the snow awakening from the poppy fields. See also the Library of Congress's page The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale from which I downloaded this jpeg of Baum's page. Since the jpeg is just a reproduction of Baum's page, I assume that it itself is uncopyrighted.
  4. A page of pages on all things Oz.