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All About L. Frank Baum

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All About L. Frank Baum

By: Winter Winstead

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1856
Lyman Frank Baum is born on 15 May in Chittennango, NY (near Syracuse).His father is a barrel maker, who subsequently goes into the oil business and becomes wealthy.

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1866
As a young boy and then teenager he starts up several newspapers and a magazine.In his late teens he becomes interested in the theater, and his father gives him a number of theaters and operas in New York and Pennsylvania to manage.

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1881
Writes and publishes a successful musical play, "The Maid of Arran".

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1882
Marries Maud Gage. Her mother is a leading figure in the Women's Rights
Movement of the time, and a close associate of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

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1887-1891
Baum's father dies and the family fortunes wane. A number of Maud's family have moved to the Dakota Territory, so Frank, Maud, and children join them in Aberdeen (South Dakota).For several years he operates a store, "Baum's Bazaar." It falls victim to hard times in 1890, so he turns to running the local weekly newspaper, "The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer."

1891
When the newspaper fails, Frank and family move to Chicago where he takes a job as a reporter for the "Evening Post." To make ends meet he also works as a traveling salesman for a china company. He develops characters and situation outlines while on these trips to help him with story telling to his children when back at home.

1887
Teamed with illustrator Maxfield Parrish, he publishes his first childrens book, "Mother Goose in Prose". It becomes a modest success and allows him to end his traveling job, which has been difficult for his health.

1899
Teamed with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, he publishes "Father Goose, His Book." It is an instant success becoming the best selling childrens book of the year.

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1900
The Baum-Denslow team produce another best seller, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Having produced the nation's best selling childrens book for two years running, Baum's reputation as a writer is firmly established.

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1902
Baum and Denslow team up with Paul Tietjens and Julien Mitchell to produce an "adultized" version of the Wizard of Oz as a musical extravaganza stage play. It becomes a major hit, touring the nation, and having a 293 night run on Broadway (1902 through 1911).

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1856Lyman Frank Baum is born on 15 May in Chittennango, NY (near Syracuse).His father is a barrel maker, who subsequently goes into the oil business and becomes wealthy.

1866As a young boy and then teenager he starts up several newspapers and a magazine.In his late teens he becomes interested in the theater, and his father gives him a number of theaters and operas in New York and Pennsylvania to manage.

1881Writes and publishes a successful musical play, "The Maid of Arran".

1882Marries Maud Gage. Her mother is a leading figure in the Women's Rights Movement of the time, and a close associate of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

1887Teamed with illustrator Maxfield Parrish, he publishes his first childrens book, "Mother Goose in Prose". It becomes a modest success and allows him to end his traveling job, which has been difficult for his health.

1899Teamed with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, he publishes "Father Goose, His Book." It is an instant success becoming the best selling childrens book of the year.

1900The Baum-Denslow team produce another best seller, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Having produced the nation's best selling childrens book for two years running, Baum's reputation as a writer is firmly established.

1902Baum and Denslow team up with Paul Tietjens and Julien Mitchell to produce an "adultized" version of the Wizard of Oz as a musical extravaganza stage play. It becomes a major hit, touring the nation, and having a 293 night run on Broadway (1902 through 1911).

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1856
Lyman Frank Baum is born on 15 May in Chittennango, NY (near Syracuse).His father is a barrel maker, who subsequently goes into the oil business and becomes wealthy.

1866
As a young boy and then teenager he starts up several newspapers and a magazine.In his late teens he becomes interested in the theater, and his father gives him a number of theaters and operas in New York and Pennsylvania to manage.

1881
Writes and publishes a successful musical play, "The Maid of Arran".

1882
Marries Maud Gage. Her mother is a leading figure in the Women's Rights
Movement of the time, and a close associate of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

1887
Teamed with illustrator Maxfield Parrish, he publishes his first childrens book, "Mother Goose in Prose". It becomes a modest success and allows him to end his traveling job, which has been difficult for his health.

1899
Teamed with illustrator William Wallace Denslow, he publishes "Father Goose, His Book." It is an instant success becoming the best selling childrens book of the year.

1900
The Baum-Denslow team produce another best seller, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Having produced the nation's best selling childrens book for two years running, Baum's reputation as a writer is firmly established.

1902
Baum and Denslow team up with Paul Tietjens and Julien Mitchell to produce an "adultized" version of the Wizard of Oz as a musical extravaganza stage play. It becomes a major hit, touring the nation, and having a 293 night run on Broadway (1902 through 1911).