The Wonderful Wizard of Oz & Glinda of Oz (Wordsworth Children's Classics) 绿野仙踪

L.FrankBaum：Writer,borninChittenango,NewYork,USA.Asicklychild,hestudiedathome,becameanactor(1870s),workedinthefamilyoilbusiness,thenmovedtoSouthDakota.Whileworkingasajournalistthere,hewrotehisfirstbook,FatherGoose:HisBook,publishedin1899afterhehadmovedtoChicagotoworkonatrademagazineforwindowdecorators(1897?902).Itprovedasuccess;buthisnextbook,TheWonderfulWizardofOz(1900),wasevenmoresuccessful,andheadapteditforthemusicalstagein1901.AftertravellingtoEurope,hesettledinPasadena,CA(1902),whereheturnedout13morebooksintheOzseriesandmanyotherchildren'sstories,mostlyinthefantasygenre,usingpennamessuchasSchuylerStaunton,LauraBancroft,CaptainHughFitzgerald,SuzanneMetcalfe,FloydAkens,andEdithVanDyne.Althoughappreciatedprimarilyaschildren'stales,theOzbookshavealsobeenreadasincorporatingBaum'sviewsonAmericansociety.莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆(LymanFrankBaum)(1856——1919），美国儿童文学作家。他生于纽约州，父亲是个桶匠，后来到宾夕法尼亚州开采石油并发了财。鲍姆的童年是在父亲的大庄园里度过的，他从小体弱多病，受到家人的特别关照。他对童话和幻想故事的迷恋几乎到了“白日梦”的程度，父母很担心这会影响他的性格发展，决心送他去军校。军校的严谨生活并没有改善他的性格，只导致他精神崩溃。父母只好把他从军校接回家，任由他发展自己的兴趣。