The Myth of the Dollar Movement

Theorists have long been hobbled by the lack of an equally compelling narrative. The yellow brick road, silver slippers, emerald city and hapless wizard presumably speak for themselves. L frank baum's book is widely recognized to be a parable for the populist campaign of william jennings bryan who twice ran for president on the free silver platform. As with the greenbackers, one of the main constituencies for the movement was dbtors, particularly midwestern farm families such as dorothy's.