Less than two decades later, in 1956, the sales of his novel grew to 3 million copies in print. īy 1938, over one million copies of the book had been printed. Harry called his father the "swellest man I knew", a man who was able to give a decent reason as to why black birds cooked in a pie could afterwards get out and sing. īaum's son Harry told the Chicago Tribune in 1944 that he told his children "whimsical stories before they became material for his books". After Hill's publishing company became bankrupt in 1901, Baum and Denslow agreed to have the Indiannapolis-based Bobbs-Merrill Company resume publishing the novel. Hamlin, committed to making The Wizard of Oz into a play to publicize the novel. He agreed to publish the book only when the manager of the Grand Opera House, Fred R. In spite of this favorable conjecture, Hill did not initially predict the book would be phenomenally successful. Hill, predicted a sale of about 250,000 copies. In a letter to his brother Harry, Baum wrote that the book's publisher, George M. Records indicate that 21,000 copies were sold through 1900. Hill Company, the book's publisher, completed printing the first edition, which probably totaled around 35,000 copies. 5.1 The Gold Standard representation of the story.However, the majority of the reading public simply takes the story at face value. Historians, economists and literary scholars have examined and developed possible political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Hill Company, the publisher, completed printing the first edition, which probably totaled around 35,000 copies. The original book has been in the public domain in the US since 1956.īaum dedicated the book "to my good friend & comrade, My Wife", Maud Gage Baum. Its initial success, and the success of the popular 1902 Broadway musical Baum adapted from his story, led to Baum's writing thirteen more Oz books. Thanks in part to the 1939 MGM movie, it is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the Land of Oz. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of both the 1902 stage play and the extremely popular, highly acclaimed 1939 film version. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L.
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