The Way of Oz: A Guide to Wisdom, Heart, and Courage

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Index Page references in boldface indicate QR codes to accompanying video content. 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, xi Aberdeen (South Dakota and Dakota Territory): Aberdeen Baseball Club, 28, 222; Aberdeen Guards, 15; Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, The, 29, 33, 123, 222; Hub City Nine (baseball team), founded in, 28, 194, 222; Northwestern National Bank of, 28; “Our Landlady” column, 28, 31–32, 222, 226; South Dakota State Fair, held in, 32. See also Baum, L. Frank Acropolis, 141 Adler, Mortimer J. (author): on mastering reading skills, 70 adolescents, xv, 151, 162, 227; gifted and talented programs for, xvi Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program, 187 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The, 32 Aegean islands (Greece), 141 Agora, 141 Allen, Woody (actor, comic, director, producer): on failing and innovation, 50–51; on life’s success, 106 altruism, 150 Amee, Nimmie (Munchkin girl), 6, 211–13 Andersen, Hans Christian, 20 archetypal, xvi, 4, 108, 110 Arthur, Chester A. (US President), 27 Athens (Greece), 141 Aunt Em. See Em, Aunt balloon, hot air, 12–13, 20. See also under Baum, L. Frank; Toto Banker’s Daughter, The, 23 Barnum, P. T., 26–27, 38; Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome, 27; Greatest Show on Earth, The, 27; Munchkin imagery, associated with, 27 Baum, Adam Clarke: Baum’s Castorine Company, 25; as Civil War surgeon, 27 Baum, Benjamin Ward: banking, career in, 19; cooper (barrel maker) training, 19; father of L. Frank Baum, 19–22, 25, 221; Standard Index.........................246 Oil monopoly, effect on, 27; stock market trading, 19, 27 Baum, Benjamin William: brother of L. Frank Baum, 19; Baum’s Castorine Company, 25 Baum, Cynthia (Stanton): mother of L. Frank Baum, 19 Baum, Frank Joslyn: first son of Frank and Maud Baum, 25; influence upon Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, 49; on Frank Baum as genuine wizard, 193; Oz Film Manufacturing Company, The, role in, 53–54; travels in Asia, 49 Baum, Harriet “Hattie” Alvena: sister of L. Frank Baum, 19 Baum, Harry Neal: third son of Frank and Maud Baum, 29; on writing habits of his father, 52 Baum, Henry “Harry” Clay: brother of L. Frank Baum, 19; at Spring Farm, 22; The Empire, involvement in, 21 Baum, Kenneth Gage: fourth son of Frank and Maud Baum, 33, 222 Baum, L. Frank (aka Frank Baum): Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, The, publisher of, 29–33, 39, 123, 222; as architectural designer, 54; balloons, hot air, interest in, 20; Baum’s Bazaar, 28–29, 32, 37, 194, 222; Baum’s Castorine Company, 25–26, 221, 243; beliefs, 4, 17, 24, 29–30, 221; biographical chronology, 221223 ; Bradford Era, writing for, 23; B. W. Baum & Sons, 22; children, letters from, 45–46, 48; as china buyer and salesman, 34; congenital heart disease, 18–20; crows, fascination with, 19; editorials, 29–31, 34, 39; experiences in acting, theater, 22–24, 221; as film producer, 49, 53–55, 128, 194, 222–23 ; first book, 23; and focus on the future, 51; as gardener (horticulturalist), 51–52; heart disease, 18–20, 54, 194; holiday celebrations, 32, 130; Hotel del Coronado (The Del), 47, 50, 124, 222; humility, xv, 22, 29, 193–94; interdisciplinary efforts with W. W. Denslow, 38, 61; as interior designer and decorator, 28, 44, 50; as journalist, 23, 29–32; Kansas, first trip to, 25; Lyman, opinion of first name, 18, 221; as merchant (see Baum’s Bazaar above); Native Americans, attitude toward, 31; Neal, Baum & Company, 22, 221; as opera writer, 50, 222; at Peekskill Military Academy, 20–21, 221; pen names of, 19, 23, 47; perseverance and belief in self, 42; as philatelist, 21, 221; as photographer, 27, 47; Pitkin and Brooks, work for, 34, 40, 61, 222; as playwright, 23–24, 44–45, 48–50, 54–55, 109, 111, 222–23; as poet, 37–40, 50, 55, 223; as poultry farmer, 22–23, 221; printing and publishing, interest in, xv, 20–21, 37, 111; Populism, 30–32; Prohibition, opinion of, 29; on creative imagination across all ages, 161; on death, 56; on framing the pencil used to compose The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 41; on goals of The Show Window journal, 37; on pleasing children, 18; on pleasure in writing Oz stories, 125; on romantic exchange with Maud Gage, 130–31; on seeing the 1902 musical, The Wizard of Oz, 46; 247.........................Index on theosophy, 29–30; on violence against Native Americans, 31; on writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 3; racial stereotypes...