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Following the Yellow Brick Road: The Real Story Behind ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Mar 9th, 2012 | By
Following the Yellow Brick Road: The Real Story Behind ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Popular literature frequently skirts the boundaries between truth and fiction. Many classic literary works have actually been thinly veiled allegories of contemporary or historical events, and many of the world’s most famous writers of fiction such as George Orwell, Mark Twain, Upton Sinclair, and Aldous Huxley are perhaps remembered even more for the depth and quality of their social and political commentary than they are for the overall quality of their writing. It will certainly be no surprise to anyone to hear that famous classic books such as 1984, The Jungle, or Brave New World
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