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Loading... American Experience: American Oz [2021 TV episode]by Randall MacLowry
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Belongs to SeriesAmerican Experience [PBS] (33.04) Is a study of
L. Frank Baum was 44 when he published the first book about Oz, having spent most of his life reinventing himself with each new career in pursuit of the American Dream. When in Chicago, his observations of an uncertain nation during the Gilded Age informed his magical tale of survival, adventure, and self-discovery which went on to become a quintessential classic. No library descriptions found. |
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Also a good over-view of the conditions in South Dakota, Kansas, and other locations where the Baum family lived.
Spends a lot of time on the influence of his mother-in-law, Matilda Joslyn Gage (and not much on his wife, Maud, except at the beginning and the end). ( )