tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post3368603386510681322..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: The Man Behind the Curtain, a guest essay by Cindy ThomsonSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-13949889931158298662014-10-02T14:23:47.225-05:002014-10-02T14:23:47.225-05:00I loved the one in which the friends assembled cha...I loved the one in which the friends assembled chairs and feather (?) and made a flying, sentient being. However often I made concoctions of chairs and bedspreads in my room, I couldn't make them alive. Pamela Schoenewaldthttp://pamelaschoenewaldt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-42872580001390150972014-07-14T09:25:49.212-05:002014-07-14T09:25:49.212-05:00Yes, Matilda Joslyn Gage. She was not in favor of ...Yes, Matilda Joslyn Gage. She was not in favor of her daughter marrying him.Cindy Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849601026378434446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-80995747586263117392014-07-11T14:49:15.421-05:002014-07-11T14:49:15.421-05:00Wow. The Wizard of Oz isn't my favorite story...Wow. The Wizard of Oz isn't my favorite story or film, but this was fascinating.<br /><br /><a href="www.2kidsandtiredbooks.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">2 Kids and Tired Books</a>Holly (2 Kids and Tired)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13075380878850295214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-49136734590949734212014-07-11T09:46:52.119-05:002014-07-11T09:46:52.119-05:00I read somewhere that his mother-in-law played a c...I read somewhere that his mother-in-law played a crucial role in his success?<br /><br />Her very existence probably made it more likely that Dorothy wouldn't be a wimp.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-65270046834921810922014-07-10T21:33:52.261-05:002014-07-10T21:33:52.261-05:00Thanks, Cindy - glad to learn more about how "...Thanks, Cindy - glad to learn more about how "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" came to be!! Bonnie Roofnoreply@blogger.com