L. Frank Baum wrote his classic book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in Chicago in 1900. In 1928, under pressure from educators and ministers, the Chicago Public Library banned the book for its “ungodly influence” depicting women, including witches, as leaders. The book was also banned by libraries in Florida and Detroit in the 1950s, and in 2004 Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson conspired to get the movie banned from broadcast on public television because of “moral turpitude.” Read more about the making of the movie based on the home book in A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (see NOVELS).
