The wizard of Oz Book

After learning about another auction of one (yes, in case you didn't know there are several pairs of ruby slippers) of the ruby slippers, I decided to re-read this fascinating book about the rediscovery of the ruby slippers. It is so sad that in the 1960s and 1970s, that the large Hollywood movie studios were trashing their collections, auctioning them off, and even throwing them away. This story is about rediscovering the many pairs (no one knows for sure how many!) of ruby slippers after spending 30 years in deep storage and no one knew exactly where they were. It is also the story of Kent Warner, a costumer, who discovered the slippers and his extraordinary role in saving Hollywood history. The author of the book has done extraordinary research on Kent Warner and his collegues and the mystery of how people acquired a pair of slippers. I was fascinated the first time I read this book and I read it very quickly again the second time forgetting all the twists and turns in the story. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, the ruby slippers and/or Hollywood history. I remember seeing a documentary on this same subject and found out that you can watch it in several parts on youtube by doing a search on the ruby slippers of Oz. The documentary is based on this book and it uses almost the exact same words and a lot of the same pictures as the book.