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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Marvelous Land of Oz (Illustrated Novel)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Marvelous Land of Oz (Illustrated Novel)( )
Author: Baum, L. Frank
Illustrator: Sison, Kriss
ISBN:978-1-62692-263-1
Publication Date:Apr 2016
Publisher:Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.99
Book Description:

Seven Seas is pleased to present The Wonderful Wizard of Oz & The Marvelous Land of Oz, an all-new, lavishly illustrated omnibus collection that contains the first two Land of Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. For those who have never read L. Frank Baum's Oz novels, or for those who wish to revisit the beloved tales, this new edition of a perennial classic will appeal to today's reader who appreciates adorable manga-styled artwork. This 320-page collection contains all of the original text...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.811 x 8.112 x 1.326 Inches
Book Weight:1.599 Pounds
Author Biography
Baum, L. Frank. (Author)
Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a melodrama he had written and scored.

Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow.

The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920.

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