Michael Patrick Hearn Net Worth
Michael Patrick Hearn Net Worth is
$12 Million
Michael Patrick Hearn Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michael Patrick Hearn is an American literary scholar and one of America's leading men of letters specializing in children's literature and its illustration. His works include The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1971/2000), The Annotated Christmas Carol (1977/2003), and The Annotated Huckleberry Finn (2001). He considers the three most quintessential American novels to be Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.He is an expert on L. Frank Baum and is currently writing a biography about him, which sets forth to correct the numerous errors in previous biographies, many based on Frank Joslyn Baum's out of print and largely mythological To Please a Child.As an Oz and L. Frank Baum scholar, he also edited The Critical Heritage Edition of the Wizard of Oz for Schocken Books (1986), wrote the introduction to the first published version of the screenplay of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). He appears in the documentaries Oz: the American Fairyland and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1983), credited as an "Authority on L. Frank Baum". He gave the keynote address at the Centennial convention of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz mounted by The International Wizard of Oz Club, and often makes public appearances in which he lectures on Baum.Other books as author or editor include:50 years of Wanda Gág's Millions of Cats: 1928-1978 (1978)McLoughlin Brothers, publishers, 1828-1978 (1980)Victorian Fairy Tales (1980)Peter Newell, American Comic Illustrator (1983)The Chocolate Book: A Sampler for Boys and Girls (1983)The Best of the Andrew Lang Fairy Tale Book (1986)The Porcelain Cat (children's picture book, 1987)The Wizard of Oz: The Screenplay, (1989)W.W. Denslow: The Other Wizard of Oz, (1996)The Victorian Fairy Tale Book (1990)65 years of Wanda Gág's Millions of Cats: 1928-1993 (1992)Native American Legends : Lakota (1995)Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration (1996)From the Silver Age to Stalin: Russian Children's Book Illustration In preparation, (2008)He has also written articles for Horn Book and The Baum Bugle and Liner Notes for Caedmon Records. | Profession | Miscellaneous Crew |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oz: The American Fairyland | 1997 | Video documentary consultant: primary collections of Oz material | |
| The Dreamer of Oz | 1990 | TV Movie researcher |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | 2011 | TV Movie documentary special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - author |
| L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself - author of 'The Annotated Wizard of Oz' |
| Oz: The American Fairyland | 1997 | Video documentary | Himself (Authority on L. Frank Baum) |
| Matilda Joslyn Gage | 1983 | Documentary short |
Known for movies
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012)
as Himself
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
as Thanks
L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain (2005)
as Himself - author of 'The Annotated Wizard of Oz'
Oz: The American Fairyland (1997)
as Miscellaneous Crew