Vol. 50, no. 1 (Spring 2006)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sean P. Duffley |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Joe Bongiorno |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, David Moyer |
Front cover art by Claude Quivey (L. Frank Baum)
Interior front cover photograph by Angelica Carpenter (Robert A. Baum, Clare Baum, and John Fricke with MGM Munchkins)
Interior back cover art by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens (The Flying Girl and The Flying Girl and Her Chum)
Back cover art by unknown artist (advertisement for Baum’s Castorine Axle Oil)
Spring 2006 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.
My Great-Grandfather was a Wizard: Unveiling the Man Behind the Curtain
Robert A. Baum looks back on the ways in which his life has been touched by his famous great-grandfather’s legacy, on the occasion of L. Frank Baum’s 150th “birthday.”
Oil in the Family: L. Frank Baum and Baum’s Castorine Company
Bill Thompson delves deep into the history of Benjamin Ward Baum’s company and L. Frank Baum’s brief involvement as salesman for the product. Includes many examples of vintage advertising.
Why The Flying Girl Crashed
Fred Erisman looks at early 20th century aviation, and particularly the early female aviators, who may have inspired Baum’s brief Flying Girl series—and the public’s changing interest due to aviation accidents and deaths, which may have also brought an end to the books. Includes newspaper clippings and vintage advertising.
This is Paradise of Flower Lovers
My Hobby
An original article and poem by L. Frank Baum about his passion for gardening, reprinted from the Los Angeles Times in November 1916 and the Uplifters’ Mercury in July 1915. Includes rare photographs.
Making Magic: How L. Frank Baum Drafted His Penultimate Oz Book
J. L. Bell examines Baum’s drafting techniques evident in the working versions of his final three Oz books, paying special attention to the changes and modifications that are evident between the draft and finished version of The Magic of Oz. Includes vintage advertising.
Reviews
The Scarecrow and the Tin-Man of Oz by W.W. Denslow (graphic novel; reviewer Jeffrey Rester)
Forever in Oz by Melody Grandy (fiction; reviewer Atticus Gannaway)
Dorothy Gale: Journey to Oz Books 1 and 2 by Shane Kirshenblatt (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
The Oz Encounter by Marv Wolfman and Ted White (fiction; reviewer Jeff Rester)
A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, and The Emerald City of Oz (fiction; reviewer Angelica Carpenter)
Bloodstained Oz by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy Tale Detectives Book One by Michael Buckley (fiction; reviewer Loralee Petersen)
Dreaming in a Scarlet Slumber by Jeffrey A. Rester (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
Dunkiton Press #14: Summer on the Water edited by Ruth Berman (fiction; reviewer M.A. Berg)
The Wizard of Oz: Three-Disc Collector’s Edition (DVD set; reviewer Michael Gessel)