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?
L. Frank Baum Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family. He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann (née Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood. "Lyman" was the name of his father's brother, but he always disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".
Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury. He was born at New London, Conn., was ordained priest in the Protestant Episcopal church (1828), was editor of "The Churchman" (1833–1849), rector of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City (1838–1868), and professor of biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary (1862–1872). He published: