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    <body><![CDATA[Another neat writer's biography (we're focused on the 19th century this year). Baum had many, many set backs before he figured out how to make a living. He was 44 when the Wizard of Oz came out. I like seeing how various elements of his past reappear in his stories. <br/>Kathleen Krull did the exce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73154715">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love just about anything by Kathleen Krull, and this is yet another great, interesting biography by a master. My favorite part is that L. Frank Baum kept a record of all his rejections from publishers in a book he called his Record of Failure. I hear ya, Frank.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Me for Kids @ TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>In this biography geared towards children, author Kathleen Krull gives us an up-close-and-personal look at the life of L. Frank Baum. <br/><br/>Beginning with his privileged upbringing in 1860s New York, chronicling his never-ending money woes,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34303659">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have liked to have known Frank Baum. He did a little bit of everything in his life, and stayed upbeat while he lost job after job. I enjoyed seeing where pieces of Oz came from.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[L. Frank Baum failed at most things he tried throughout his life, but he never gave up. ]]></body>
    
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