The Wizard of Oz Returns to Broadway
The stage version had already had a run shortly after the publication of the first book, in 1900. Baum had little input. Toto in the 1904 Broadway version was a cow, among other changes.
In 1904 the second book, "The Marvelous Land of Oz" was published, the first book with illustrations by John R. Neill, and the first to be published (in Chicago) by Reilly and Britton (two of the employees of George M. Hill, who published the first Oz book in 1900 and subsequently went out of business). Chicago was quite the publishing town, once upon a time. What happened?
L. Frank Baum always said his books were just about entertaining kids, but there's always been speculation on what they really meant, from Frank's involvement in the women's suffrage movement, to the political and economic overtones of the stories. This was a time when William Jennings Bryan (before he opposed Darwin's theory of evolution and died five days later) was pushing for silver coinage and the end of the gold standard and that is how (according to some critics) you get the "yellow brick road" which is the path of "gold" to the Emerald -- Green Dollar -- City of Washington, D.C. And let us recall, from yesterday, that Alton Parker's main support came from the Grover Cleveland Bourbon Democrats as opposed to the more radical Bryanites, which resulted in his defeat by Roosevelt.
As for the Munchkins? Don't ask.
Meanwhile, I urge my gentle readers to visit a new site I've discovered of timeless and universal appeal:
[ http://www.threadbared.com/ ]
I don't know if there were knitted spats in 1904, but just think how things might have turned out if there had been.
PS: S. of the impeccable sartorial style says she already owns a pair, but I think she's being facetious. Justin's response? That he knew there was a meth problem in Georgia, he just didn't know it had gotten this bad. And he thinks threadbared.com is "fabulous." Fresh from the fashion capital that is Paris, I respect his opinion.
In 1904 the second book, "The Marvelous Land of Oz" was published, the first book with illustrations by John R. Neill, and the first to be published (in Chicago) by Reilly and Britton (two of the employees of George M. Hill, who published the first Oz book in 1900 and subsequently went out of business). Chicago was quite the publishing town, once upon a time. What happened?
L. Frank Baum always said his books were just about entertaining kids, but there's always been speculation on what they really meant, from Frank's involvement in the women's suffrage movement, to the political and economic overtones of the stories. This was a time when William Jennings Bryan (before he opposed Darwin's theory of evolution and died five days later) was pushing for silver coinage and the end of the gold standard and that is how (according to some critics) you get the "yellow brick road" which is the path of "gold" to the Emerald -- Green Dollar -- City of Washington, D.C. And let us recall, from yesterday, that Alton Parker's main support came from the Grover Cleveland Bourbon Democrats as opposed to the more radical Bryanites, which resulted in his defeat by Roosevelt.
As for the Munchkins? Don't ask.
Meanwhile, I urge my gentle readers to visit a new site I've discovered of timeless and universal appeal:
[ http://www.threadbared.com/ ]
I don't know if there were knitted spats in 1904, but just think how things might have turned out if there had been.
PS: S. of the impeccable sartorial style says she already owns a pair, but I think she's being facetious. Justin's response? That he knew there was a meth problem in Georgia, he just didn't know it had gotten this bad. And he thinks threadbared.com is "fabulous." Fresh from the fashion capital that is Paris, I respect his opinion.
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