PRESENTATION OUTLINE
L.FRANK BAUM WAS BORN ON MAY 15, 1856, NEAR SYRACUSE,NEW YORK.
BAUM GAVE UP ACRING WHEN MAUD (HIS WIFE) BECAME PREGNANT.
ALL OF HIS SCENERY, PROPS, AND COSTUMES WERE DESROYED IN A FIRE.
BAUM WORKED FOR A TIME AS A SHOP-KEEPER AND THEN AS A NEWSPAPER EDITOR, ENJOYING BOTH JOBS BUT FAILING FINACIALLY.
HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW OUTLETS FOR HIS CREATIVITY
HE DISLIKED HIS FIRST NAME AND NEVER GOT USED TO IT
EVENTUALLY FOR HIS CHILDREN THE DISCIPLINE, HE WAS TOO GENTLE TO PERFORM.
HENWAS A LAWYER,SOILDER,WRITER,FILM PRODUCER, AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL WIZARD OF OZ CLUB
HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE AUTHOR IF PLEASE A CHIND AND THE LAUGHING DRAGON OF OZ
