Happy 165th Birthday to the real Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919)! 🎂 Born and raised in upstate New York (Chittenango), the author, theater producer & playwright was best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 M-G-M adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works also anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of clothes advertising (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
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