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Highlights
- It is known that L Frank Baum spent several years in South Dakota before moving to Chicago, where he wrote the Oz books.
- About the Author: Nancy Tystad Koupal is a native of Mitchell, South Dakota, and serves as director of the Research and Publishing Program at the South Dakota State Historical Society.
- 285 Pages
- History, United States
Description
Book Synopsis
It is known that L Frank Baum spent several years in South Dakota before moving to Chicago, where he wrote the Oz books. This title lays out the complexities and ambiguities of Baum's thinking by providing us with the full texts of Baum's columns published weekly in the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer between January 1890 and February 1891.
Nancy Tystad Koupal is a native of Mitchell, South Dakota, and serves as director of the Research and Publishing Program at the South Dakota State Historical Society.
Review Quotes
"Baum's humor is of the biting kind. . . . Readers of "Our Landlady" will find the beginnings of Baum's wonderful world of humor as well as an informative look at life in a prairie state."-"South Dakota History,"
"It is widely known that L. Frank Baum spent several years in South Dakota before moving to Chicago, where he wrote the Oz books that made him famous. . . . Koupal carefully lays out the complexities and ambiguities of Baum's thinking by providing us with the full texts of Baum's columns published weekly in the "Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer" between January 1890 and February 1891, and by adding her own commentary and a glossary to place these writings in context. Entitled Our Landlady, ' the column described in a generally humorous vein the conversations and activities of four fictional characters-the landlady and three of her regular boarders-and a wide variety of prominent local residents of Aberdeen."-"Great Plains Quarterly,"
"Koupal is an admirable editor. It's hard to see how the work could be improved."-"Baum Bugle,"
"Readers will be grateful to Koupal for this amusing and edifying supplement to our understanding of one of the giants of American popular culture."-"Western Historical Quarterly,"
"Baum's humor is of the biting kind...Readers of Our Landlady will find the beginnings of Baum's wonderful world of humor as well as an informative look at life in a prairie state."
About the Author
Nancy Tystad Koupal is a native of Mitchell, South Dakota, and serves as director of the Research and Publishing Program at the South Dakota State Historical Society.Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: United States
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 285
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Theme: 19th Century
Format: Paperback
Author: L Frank Baum
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 1999
TCIN: 93193519
UPC: 9780803261563
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-5325
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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