Vol. 51, no. 2 (Autumn 2007)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sean P. Duffley |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Joe Bongiorno |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Atticus Gannaway |
Wraparound cover art by Marcus Mébès (Baum and Bugle covers)
Autumn 2007 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.
Fifty Years of the Oz Club
Reprinted from his speech at the July 2007 Winkie Convention, Justin G. Schiller looks back on his creation of the International Wizard of Oz Club.
How the Oz Club Started and What Happened Next
Martin Gardner looks back over the early years of the Club, Jack Snow’s push to get it created, the first conventions, and his own experience as the writer of an Oz pastiche.
The Early History of The Baum Bugle: Reminiscences of a Former Editor-in-Chief
David L. Greene also recalls the early Oz Club, remembering his and his brother’s involvement with The Baum Bugle from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. Along the way, he acknowledges the important contributions of Dick Martin, James E. Haff, and Peter E. Hanff to the longevity of the journal. Accompanied by many rare photographs.
Oz Club Milestones: Fifty Years on the Road to Oz
The editors provide a timeline of major events in the Oz Club and in The Baum Bugle, from 1957 to 2007. Includes many rare photographs and personal remembrances from Justin G. Schiller, Barbara S. Koelle, Peter E. Hanff, John Fricke, Michael Gessel, Jane Albright, Patrick Maund, Atticus Gannaway, Angelica Carpenter, and Robert A. Baum.
In Memoriam
Hal Lynch (Oz Club member and Baum Bugle contributor).
Reviews
The Wish Express by Ruth Plumly Thompson (fiction; reviewer Marcus Mébès)
DRAMA! The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis (fiction; reviewer Angelica Carpenter)
The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles issues #1 and #2 by Ben Avery and Casey Heyring (comics; reviewer Blair Frodelius)
Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns by Leo Moser and Carol Nelson (fiction; reviewer Jeffrey Rester)
“The Wizard of Macatawa” in Paradox Magazine issue #11 by Tom Doyle (fiction; reviewer Blair Frodelius)
Dunkiton Press #15: Halloween edited by Ruth Berman (fiction; reviewer M. A. Berg)
Dunkiton Press #16: Thanksgiving I edited by Ruth Berman (fiction; reviewer M. A. Berg)