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L. Frank Baum

Born

in Chittenango, New York, The United States

May 15, 1856

Died

May 05, 1919

Genre

Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction

Influences

Matilda Joslyn Gage, Andrew Lang, William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, ...more

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also wrote under the name Edith Van Dyne, Floyd Akers, Schuyler Staunton, John Estes Cooke, Suzanne Metcalf, Laura Bancroft, Louis F. Baum, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 650,889 ratings · 28,471 reviews · 1,593 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 430,493 ratings — published 1900 — 7945 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 24,390 ratings — published 1907 — 1331 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2) by L. Frank Baum, David McKee (Illustrations) 3.80 avg rating — 21,891 ratings — published 1904 — 1980 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Oz, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 13,181 ratings — published 1908 — 1555 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Oz (Oz, #5) 3.75 avg rating — 11,682 ratings — published 1909 — 1295 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6) 3.87 avg rating — 10,357 ratings — published 1910 — 1746 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 8,458 ratings — published 1913 — 1195 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: The Complete Collection (Oz, #1-14) by L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 7,116 ratings — published 1920 — 198 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 7,680 ratings — published 1914 — 1258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glinda of Oz (Oz, #14) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 6,364 ratings — published 1920 — 1260 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by L. Frank Baum (?)

“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz

tags: knowledge, thievery, treasure

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“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
― L. Frank Baum

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“There is no place like home.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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