OZ title side reading for ATD

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Ah, yes- snow and poppies, bing and bob- definetly
an American Tale. Fits right into the current reading,
too-  Reagan's own mid-eighties version of a stimulus
package. Wake up those nodding hippies, sprinkle
a little snow around those sleeping ghettos, then
beat the drum for a war on drugs, all with the
requisite funding, of course. We've seen this double-
play before, haven't we? I kind of like Reagan in
drag, with a little tiara, waving a wand- Nancy in the
background cackling with her court astrologer and
her orbic visions: "just say no, just say no..."


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From: grladams at teleport.com <grladams at teleport.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 8:13 pm
Subject: OZ title side reading for ATD



Finding Oz
Contributor(s): Schwartz, Evan (Author)


  ISBN: 0547055102   EAN: 9780547055107
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
US SRP: $ 27.00 US  -  (Discount: REG)
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: April 2009
This item is Returnable






Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary
LC Subjects:
- Baum, L. Frank  - Fantasy fiction, American
- History and criticism  - Mythology in literature
- Oz (Imaginary place)  - Philosophy in literature
- Spirituality in literature

Themes:
- Chronological Period | 1851-1899
- Chronological Period | 1900-1949

Dewey: B
LCCN: 2008053296
Features: Bibliography, Index
Physical Info: 320 
pages
Carton Quantity: 12






Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Marketing:
Finding Oz tells the remarkable story behind one of the world's most
enduring and best-loved books. Offering profound new insights into the 
true
origins and meaning of L. Frank Baum's 1900 masterwork, it delves into 
the
personal turmoil and spiritual transformation that fueled Baum's
fantastical parable of the American Dream.

Before becoming an impresario of children's adventure tales, the J. K.
Rowling of his age, Baum failed at a series of careers and nearly lost 
his
soul before setting out on a journey of discovery that would lead to the
Land of Oz. Drawing on original research, Evan Schwartz debunks popular
misconceptions and shows how the people, places, and events in Baum's 
life
gave birth to his unforgettable images and characters, from the Yellow
Brick Road to the Emerald City to the dual view of witches that 
reflected
the life of Baum's mother-in-law, the radical women's rights leader 
Matilda
Joslyn Gage.

A narrative that sweeps across late-nineteenth-century America, Finding 
Oz
ultimately reveals how failure and heartbreak can sometimes lead to
redemption and bliss, and how one individual can ignite the imagination 
of
the entire world.





Contributor Bio:  Evan Schwartz
Evan I. Schwartz is a former award-winning editor at BusinessWeek and 
the
author of THE LAST LONE INVENTOR, named one of the 75 
best business 
books
of all-time by Fortune. The idea for FINDING OZ came to him while 
reading
Baum's classic out loud to his daughter at bedtime.





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