Books with author L. (Lyman) Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum was doing well in 1901, better than ever before in his life. He had written two popular books, Father Goose: His Book and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and was determined to capitalize on this success. In addition to American Fairy Tales, Baum's Dot and Tot of Merryland and The Master Key appeared in 1901.Publisher George M. Hill sold the serialization rights to the twelve stories in AFT to five major newspapers, the Pittsburgh Dispatch, The Boston Post, The Cincinnati Enquirer, the St. Louis Republic, and The Chicago Chronicle. The stories appeared between March 3 and May 19, 1901; the book followed in October. The first three papers used or adapted the book's illustrations for their publications of the stories, while the Chronicle and the Republic had their own staff artists do separate pictures.

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout American Fairy Tales by Lyman Frank BaumAmerican Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by Lyman Frank Baum. Lyman Frank Baum was doing well in 1901, better than ever before in his life. He had written two popular books, Father Goose: His Book and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and was determined to capitalize on this success. In addition to American Fairy Tales, Baum's Dot and Tot of Merryland and The Master Key appeared in 1901. Two of the stories, "The Enchanted Types" and "The Dummy That Lived," employ knooks and ryls, the fairies that Baum would use in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus the next year, 1902. "The Dummy That Lived" depends upon the idea of a department-store mannequin brought to life, an early expression of an idea that would be re-used by many later writers in television and films.

American Fairy Tales (Illustrated)12 Fairy Tales from the author of the Wizard of Oz series of books.•This is a book with wonderful story•This book contains many attractive illustrations.CONTENTSThe Box of RobbersThe Glass DogThe Queen of QuokThe Girl Who Owned a BearThe Enchanted TypesThe Laughing HippopotamusThe Magic Bon BonsThe Capture of Father TimeThe Wonderful PumpThe Dummy That LivedThe King of the Polar BearsThe Mandarin and the Butterfly

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