L. Frank Baum Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/l-frank-baum/ Author and Blogger Sun, 13 Apr 2025 21:51:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 67173325 Wind in Fairy Tales and Fantasy https://www.cathrinhagey.com/wind-fairy-tales-fantasy/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:33:32 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4269 One day, when my daughter was about four years old, she said, “My breath speaks to me.” I was amazed by the ancient wisdom implied in this adorable insight. Breath, wind, wisdom and genius have long been associated with one another, in religion and mythology, in fairy tales and poetry. Wind’s matrix is air, which […]

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]]> 4269 Stick Man & Kin https://www.cathrinhagey.com/stick-man-kin/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:59:39 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=2032 Why does a man made of sticks and straw elicit simultaneous feelings of sympathy and horror? As a child I watched the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz on television once every year until I outgrew it. Of course I eventually grew back into it, but that’s another story. When I watched the Scarecrow […]

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]]> 2032 Wonder Never Ceases https://www.cathrinhagey.com/wonder-never-ceases/ https://www.cathrinhagey.com/wonder-never-ceases/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 01:04:13 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=303 The Library of Congress exhibit of L. Frank Baum’s classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, contains anecdotes from the life of the author including his relief over the book’s success, his earlier works, a copyright application and an early New York Times review, among other fascinating tidbits. The book is described as “the first totally […]

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