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CaliforniaFrontier and pioneer life

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First published: 1992
Editions: 8 in 2 languages

Synopsis

An account of the life and times of Dorothy Gael with, along the way, details about Judy Garland's stunted childhood and unhappy fame and her definitive role as Dorthy in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz.

Subjects: California
Frontier and pioneer life
Adaptations
Patients
Los angeles
AIDS
Set in: California
Los Angeles
Kansas
Oz
Characters: Judy Garland
L. Frank Baum

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8 in 2 languages

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