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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum (1856-1919) About the author  Lyman
Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, NY. He never used his first name
since he preferred Frank. He was the son of wealthy parents and had
a happy childhood, but Frank was a dreamer, and for a while was not
much of a success at anything. He tried acting, selling machine oil
and crockery, managing a department store, and newspaper editing and
reporting, but nothing seemed to work well for him, or hold his interest
for long. He finally started writing when his mother-in-law encouraged
him to write down the tales he'd been telling his four sons and their
friends for years. Although he initially had trouble finding a publisher,
his works eventually caught the attention of the public, and he was
able to finally make a decent living. Although he also was interested
in theatre production and the motion picture industry, he kept on writing
books for the young at heart until his death at Ozcot, his Hollywood
home.Like most of his early writings, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz started off as a story he was telling his sons and their friends in 1898. At that time in Frank's Chicago neighborhood, a number of children would come to the Baum's house to listen to his stories in the evening. He came to Dorothy meeting the Scarecrow when one of + his listeners asked, "Mr. Baum, where did they live?" He thought about it for a moment, and replied, "The Land of Oz," and continued the story. Later that night, his wife, who had also been listening as she worked on her sewing, convinced Frank to write the story down, and he quickly produced a manuscript. His friend W. W. Denslow agreed to illustrate it, and they tried to find a publisher. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published May 15, 1900, and became the biggest selling children's book of the year.  Frank
had many ideas for other stories, and he tried to tell them. But none of
his books sold as well or generated as much interest as The Wizard of
Oz. The success of the 1902 stage show also made Oz a recognized name.
So when he went to a new publisher in 1904, the first book they wanted
from him was a new book about Oz. Originally entitled The Further Adventures
of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, the publishers wanted Oz in the title,
so it became The Marvelous Land of Oz. While this kept readers happy
for a while, they wanted to know more about Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion
(neither of whom had appeared in the new book), so Frank wrote a third
Oz book, Ozma of Oz, and then some more ideas for other Oz books
came to him, some from his fans' letters. He tried to end the series with The
Emerald City of Oz in 1910, but bankruptcy and the failure of his new
books to sell very well prompted him to return to Oz in 1913, and from
then on he wrote an Oz book every year for his demanding readers for the
rest of his life. (The Magic of Oz was in production when he died,
and Glinda of Oz was published posthumously a year later.) Puedes abrir el libro por capítulos aqui:
o descargarlo para leerlo cuando quieras:
Otros libros del mes en inglés:  The
100 Greatest Books of the 20th Century65 Quotations
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