MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021
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.
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