Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire, it is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from who, was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family?
Wicked (Maguire novel) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by Douglas Smith. It is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", its sequels, and the 1939 film adaption "The Wizard of Oz". Unlike the popular 1939 movie and Baum's writings, this novel is not directed at children, and contains adult language and content including violent imagery and sexual situations.
Harris Newmark Harris Newmark (July 5, 1834 – 1916) was a Prussian-American businessman, philanthropist, and historian. Born in Löbau in Province of Saxony (now Saxony, in eastern Germany) Newmark emigrated to the United States in 1853, sailed from Europe to New York City to San Francisco, and finally settled in Los Angeles. The Newmark clan was one of the founding families of the Los Angeles area.