Many of the characters in the Oz books came from Baum real life experiences as a child, such as Billina the chicken and the scarecrow. In 1881 Baum married Maud Gage. Soon the two had a child. Then after a failing business Maud and Frank moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota where there was a gold rush. There they opened a little store called Baums Bazaar. There Baum would sit outside the store ant tell stories to children ignoring customers. This business too soon failed. At this time they had three children. After that Baum, had started a newspaper called The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, his newspaper was filled with tall tales most of which he had written. He had a rival with some other editor, which turned into a duel with an angered subscriber. In 1891 the Pioneer had also failed and the family moved to Chicago. In Chicago Baum took jobs as a newspaper editor and a traveling salesman. Later Maud's mother moved in with them and she urged Baum to publish his fairy tails. After being urged by the two women he wrote the Mother Goose rhymes. The publishers r

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