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From: gjerawlins@watdaisy.UUCP (Gregory J.E. Rawlins)
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Subject: Re: Oz books
Message-ID: <7334@watdaisy.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 02:53:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 02:53:14 1985
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Reply-To: gjerawlins@watdaisy.UUCP (Gregory J.E. Rawlins)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <132@dcc1.UUCP> unixcorn@dcc1.UUCP (math.c) writes:
>[....]
>  When L.Frank Baum died in 1919, Reilly and Lee (the publishers of his
>books) decided to find another author who could  continue the one book a
>year cycle that was so profitable for them. Ruth Plumly Thompson fit the
>bill perfectly, she had grown up on the OZ books, was already an author
>of childrens books and she needed the money to support her mother and
>invalid sister.  The first book she wrote was published under Baum's and
>her name (to promote continuity) but was all her own work. Later they used
>[....]
>             unixcorn  (alias m. gould)

	The "Reader's Guide to Fantasy" - Searls, Meacham & Franklin pg 27
states that "The Royal Book of Oz" (her first) was a work up by her of
notes that Baum left his demise, so the accreditation would be proper
(that is if this is correct - i have no information to the contrary).
-- 
Gregory J.E. Rawlins, Department of Computer Science, U. Waterloo
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