The Library of Congress has an online display
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/
with specific information about the slippers here:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/ozsect2.html
There is a brand new site with background about Baum and Oz from the
makers of a documentary about Dorothy, including video clips from Baum
descendents and Oz scholars.
http://rediscoveringdorothy.com/
We can all thank Baum's mother-in-law, Matilda Joslyn Gage, for saying,
"Frank Baum, you're a fool if you don't write down those stories." Baum
was strongly influenced by Gage, a suffrage leader (too radical for
Stanton and Anthony) and abolitionist, who in turn, was influenced by
the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).
Blythe
Blythe Allison Bennett
Assistant Director, School Media Program
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
114 Hinds Hall
babennet@syr.edu
(315) 443-5445
-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Mary Ludwick
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:01 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Characters from The Wizard of OZ
This site:
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-novel-2
says Dorothy's shoes were silver.
I have only heard of the ruby red slippers. I don't have a copy of the
book, but can anyone give me a clue as to why there is conflict in
information (beside the response that answers.com was wrong).
Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian
Thomas Haley Elementary K-5
Irving ISD, Texas
mludwick@irvingisd.net
972-261-2500
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