 He had been friendly with the founding members, who were unaware of his family conflicts.He had been working in near-isolation on a biography of his father, eventually titled "To Please a Child", derived from an inscription L. Frank Baum wrote in his sister Mary Louise's copy of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", after a suggestion by Fred M. Meyer, the club secretary.His brother Robert was the only member of his family to provide any information.