L Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Annotated) L Frank Baum

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective. Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) was an American author famous primarily 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, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and to the nascent medium of cinema; The 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th century cinema. Her works anticipated commonplaces a century later such as television, augmented reality, laptops (The Master Key), cordless phones (Tik-Tok of Oz),