Vol. 6, no. 1 (April 1962)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Cover art by the uncredited illustrator of a Japanese edition from 1951
April 1962 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
A Visit to the Birthplace of the “Wonderful Wizard”
L. Frank Baum’s third son, Harry Neal Baum, reports on the sad result of an attempt to find his childhood home in Chicago.
The International Land of Oz
Dick Martin provides one of the earliest overviews of international editions of the Oz books.
The Wizard of Oz in Russia
Zelda Teplitz offers a brief introduction to Alexander Volkov’s The Wizard of the Emerald City and compares two different editions to Baum’s originals. These insights would be greatly elaborated on by other scholars in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s.
A “Lost” American Fairy Tale: The Runaway Shadows
A complete short story by L. Frank Baum, originally intended for his collection American Fairy Tales but published only in newspapers during his lifetime. Presented with a header illustration by Dick Martin.