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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 35 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Brooke Heldman. |
| Summary |
The Real Wizard of Oz is an imaginatively written work that stretches the genre of biography and enriches our understanding of modern fairytales. L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its thirteen sequels, lived during eventful times in American history-- from 1856 to 1919-- that influenced nearly every aspect of his writing, from the Civil War to Hollywood, which was emerging as a modern Emerald City full of broken dreams and humbug wizards, to the gulf between Americas prairie heartland, with its wild tornadoes, and its cities teeming with Tin Man factory workers. This is a colorful portrait of one man's vivid and eccentric imagination and the world that shaped it. Baum's famous fairytale is filled with the pain of the economic uncertainties of the Gilded Age and with a yearning for real change, ideas which many contemporary Americans will recognize. The Wizard of Oz continues to fascinate and influence us because it explores universal themes of longing for a better world, homesickness and finding inner strength amid the storms. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Storytellers -- United States -- Biography.
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Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
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Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz.
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Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Heldman, Brooke, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781621884057 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1621884058 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11089451 |
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