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    A Kidnapped Santa Claus
    A Kidnapped Santa Claus
    A Kidnapped Santa Claus
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    A Kidnapped Santa Claus

    By L. Frank Baum

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    A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a Christmas-themed short story written by L. Frank Baum who is most famous for creating The Wizard Of Oz. It has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful stories" and first published in the December 1904 edition of The Delineator women's magazine. Santa Claus has been kidnapped by five pagan Daemons. Four of the five, the Daemons of Selfishness, Envy, Hatred, and Malice, most certainly are bad, but the fifth, the Daemon of Repentance, is a more ambiguous figure. The Daemons of the Caves resent Santa Claus because children under the influence of his gifts rarely visit their caves. the Daemons instead kidnap Santa Claus; they lasso him as he is riding in his sleigh on Christmas Eve, and bind him in their caverns. The queen of the Fairies in the Forest of Burzee summons an army of magical creatures to rescue the missing hero. We hope you enjoy this perennial favourite and might also wish to sample; ‘The Magic Of Oz’, ‘Dorothy & The Wizard Of Oz’, ‘Glinda Of Oz’ and ‘Ozma Of Oz’ and other in our L Frank Baum series including his other short stories. We are publishing the other works of L Frank Baum, including Glinda Of Oz, The Magic Of Oz, Ozma Of Oz. We are offering this volume for free to let you experience the writer or one of the most famous and mesmerizing stories ever, The Wizard Of Oz.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCopyright Group
    Release dateAug 20, 2013
    ISBN9781780009940
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    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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      A Kidnapped Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum

      A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

      Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, New York.   A sickly child he was schooled at home until the age of 12. He was fascinated by printing and early on was given a printing press from which he produced a number of journals.

      In 1880, his father built him a theatre in Richburg, New York, and Baum set about writing plays and gathering together an actor’s company.  On November 9, 1882, Baum married Maud Gage and several years later they Aberdeen, Dakota Territory, where he opened a store, Baum's Bazaar.  Although the store and several other ventures failed his experiences in drought-ridden South Dakota became the basis of Kansas in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 

      This, the first book in the series was published in 1900 to critical acclaim and financial success. It was the best-selling children's book for two years running.  Baum went on to write thirteen more novels based on the places and people of the Land of Oz.

      Index of Contents

      A Kidnapped Santa Claus

      L. Frank Baum – A Concise Biography

      L. Frank Baum – A Concise Bibliography

      A Kidnapped Santa Claus

      Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.  His workmen, selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and every one is as busy as can be from one year’s end to another.

      It is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.  The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between its green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams dance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets

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