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Finding Dorothy a novel [LP]

Reimagines the story behind the creation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from the perspective of L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud, whose hardscrabble life on the Dakota prairie inspires her husband's masterpiece and her advocacy of an exploited Judy Garland.

Main Author: Letts, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language: English
Published: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019]
Edition: First large print edition.
Subjects:
Baum, Maud Gage > Fiction.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919 > Fiction.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919. > Wizard of Oz > Fiction.
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) > Fiction.
Authors' spouses > United States > Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Nonfiction novels.
Large print books.
Summary: Reimagines the story behind the creation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from the perspective of L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud, whose hardscrabble life on the Dakota prairie inspires her husband's masterpiece and her advocacy of an exploited Judy Garland.
Physical Description: 500 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781984885012
1984885014
Author Notes: Elizabeth Letts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse , which won the 2017 PEN Center USA Literary Award for research nonfiction, as well as two previous novels, Quality of Care and Family Planning . A former certified nurse-midwife, she also served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. She lives in Southern California and Northern Michigan.

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