The cyclone had set the house down gently, very gently – for a cyclone—in the midst of a country of marvelous beauty. There were lovely patches of green sward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.

He was named "Lyman" after his father's brother but always disliked this name and preferred to go by his middle name "Frank". Rose Lawn was located in Mattydale New York. He continued to take roles in plays performing under the stage names of Louis F.

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15 1856 – May 6 1919) was an American author of children's books best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels nine other fantasy novels and a host of 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) and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.