Person Detail: L(yman) Frank Baum
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| Full Name: L(yman) Frank Baum | ||
| Biography: (1856-1919)(Also used the names: Edith Van Dyne, Laura Bancroft, Floyd Akers, Suzanne Metcalf, Schuyler Staunton) Journalist, playwright, writer of children's books. The Wizard of Oz (1900). Born in (and also lived in) Chittenango, New York. His birth home is uncertain, some reports say it burned down, others say it is still standing. A marker is said to mark the general area. There is a yellow brick road in Chittenango, New York. |
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| Year: 1856 | Event: BIRTH |
Madison County L. Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York. |
| Year: 1860 | Event: OTHER |
Westchester County Baum spent two years at Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill, New York during the 1860s. |
| Year: 1897 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Mother Goose in Prose Novel. |
| Year: 1899 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Father Goose: His Book |
| Year: 1900 | Event: LITWORK |
Madison County The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Year: 1901 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Dot and Tot in Fairyland |
| Year: 1919 | Event: DEATH |
(Unknown) County L. Frank Baum died in Hollywood, California in 1919. |
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