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According to Wikipedia and it's citations, William J. Bryan was satirized as the Cowardly Lion by L. Frank Baum in "The Wizard of Oz".
by MrZongle2 8y ago
According to Wikipedia and it's citations, William J. Bryan was satirized as the Cowardly Lion by L. Frank Baum in "The Wizard of Oz".
- DubiousPusher 8y agoThe guy cut quite a swath across American culture in the early 20th century. He was the attorney for the prosecution in the Scopes Monkey Trial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
- jcranmer 8y agoNo. The Wizard of Oz as an extended allegory for bimetallism was a theory proposed by Littlefield in the 60s, and it's been pretty much thoroughly debunked by literary scholars who point out that the characters are essentially common character tropes from 1890s literature, and biographers who pointed out that it's completely contrary to the views that Baum himself held.
- MrZongle2 8y agoWell then I suggest you take a trip to Wikipedia and start editing. For that current bit of trivia there are no less than 4 citations, three of which are from this century.