Rebecca Sutton
Rebecca Gross is a writer and editor living in Washington, D.C.
By Rebecca Sutton
Oz And Effect
Baum created what was essentially the first American fairytale, not just written by an American author, but firmly rooted on U.S. soil. Although there had been a few fantasy stories published in this country, none were so defiantly American.
Prince and Promise
A lifelong devotee of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's famous book believes it was written as a means of catharsis, a format for working through the author’s angst and examining repressed memories. But perhaps it was also simply a means of escaping the horrors of man and instead immersing himself in the gentler, more innocent, world of children.
