Sunday, May 4, 2008

Emerald City Podcast: Dorothy (Dodd), I don't think we're in Florida anymore...

In this, the first episode of the Emerald City podcast, I begin my examination of censorship of L. Frank Baum's Oz books.  

  • This episode deals with Florida State Librarian Dorothy Dodd's decision to eliminate the Oz books from Florida's libraries in 1959 in a flurry of anti-communist furor.  
  • Also in this episode is a discussion of the Tin Woodman's  "subversive" description of the political system in Oz.
I hope everyone enjoys this introduction to the contentious (and often unknown) history of the Wonderful Wizard and his land of Oz.

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