tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2613081522913116280..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Praise for Huck Finn analysisRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-45056275380504625522008-11-05T03:04:00.000-08:002008-11-05T03:04:00.000-08:00I have a book on Baum's time in Chittenango that I...I have a book on Baum's time in Chittenango that I read last week.<BR/><BR/>I believe Rob has some material on Baum at "Blue Corn Comics".<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I am not sure what to make of these authors who were so racist at a time when such racism was so common. H. P. Lovecraft is another.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-84655625052855356462008-11-04T13:55:00.000-08:002008-11-04T13:55:00.000-08:00Re: L. Frank Baum -From 1999 - 2003, I worked for ...Re: L. Frank Baum -<BR/><BR/>From 1999 - 2003, I worked for the newspaper, Indian Country Today, the offices of which are located just a few miles east of L. Frank Baum's birthplace, the town/village of Chittenango, New York.<BR/><BR/>While I was there, the locals threw an (annual) big blowout for L. Frank's birthday, complete with a parade that featured the last of the "Munchkin" actors who appeared in "The Wizard of Oz."<BR/><BR/>Baum is a very beloved figure for most of the white inhabitants of upstate/central New York, many of whom I am sure have not the slightest inkling as to his anti-Indian perspectives. I once brought this information to a middle-aged woman's attention (at the bar of a local steakhouse) to which she angrily replied in a thick New York accent: <BR/><BR/>"Fuck you! Dat's somebody famous from heah!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com