Henry Littlefield, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Littlefield

Author and historian

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1933

Date of Death: 30-Mar-2000

Profession: historian, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Henry M.
Littlefield (June 12, 1933 – March 30, 2000) was an American educator, author and historian most notable for his claim that L.
Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a political satire, founding a long tradition of political interpretations of this book.
He wrote an essay about his theory for his high-school students in Mount Vernon, New York, and published it in the American Quarterly in 1964.