L. Frank Baum Quotes


Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.


Citations

Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. George M. Hill Company, 1900, p. 160.

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L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
  • Born: May 15, 1856
  • Died: May 6, 1919
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author 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 He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.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 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.