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L. Frank Baum
  • By: Angelica Shirly Carpenter and Jean Shirly
  • Presented by: Angelique Humcke
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In The Beginning
  • Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15,1856 in Chittenango, New York.
  • Frank was a shy boy and spent much time in secret places he found, acted out stories and played with imaginary friends, and made voices for his toys.
  • Frank’s father and mother’s name was Benjamin and Cythia Ann Stanton Baum.
  • Frank had nine brothers and sisters but, only 5 survived, two girls and three boys.
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Growing Up
  • Frank was born with a weak heart and suffered all his life from angina pectoris.
  • Frank owed a chain of opera houses given to him by his dad.
  • Frank also wrote the musical, (Maid in Arran.)
  • Later he married a lovely woman named Maud Gage.
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Frank’s Life Later
  • Frank had four children.
  • Frank loved to tell stories to young children so, he decided to write his own children’s novel.  He wanted to find a name for his novel and he looked at his file cabinet, it was labeled A-G, H-N, and O-Z. Oz became part of the titles name.
  • Frank visited Aberdeen and moved there with his family.
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Part Time Jobs
  • When Harry was in his dad’s shop, he created the tin man out of a wash boiler, bolted stove pipe, an underside of a sauce pan, and then topped it off with a funnel hat.
  • Frank was the editor of the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer. The paper was sold in South Dakota.
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The End of His Life
  • Frank suffered from a terrible stroke on May,5 1919.
  • The very next day, Frank passed away.
  • At the end, he mumbled in his coma, then opened his eyes and said clearly, “Now we can cross the Shifting Sands.”