THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

          FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024

    THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

  I've done a lot of writing as a radio &

TV reporter. Even wrote a few poems

and some articles for newspapers. But

today we salute a newspaper owner

and reporter who started writing stories.

And did he write! He wrote 41 novels, 

some 83 short stories, about 200 poems,

and 24 scripts for stage productions!

His name was Lyman. But he

preferred to be known as  L. Frank Baum.

Of course the story for which he is best

remembered is "The Wizard Of Oz"

which he originally entitled "The

Wonderful Wizard Of Oz." It was

first published on this day in 1900!

Most everyone has seen the 1939 movie

version staring Judy Garland. Baum

wrote a musical stage play about Oz

a couple years later and then 13 squeal

novels based on the Wizard story! So

now you know the "man behind the curtain"

was Lyman Frank Baum! And there's still

no place like home! Hope you're well and

that all your NEWS is good.