Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger, Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein
May 2015 · Read Books Ltd
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This book was the third of L. Frank Baum's Oz series, originally published in 1907. In this book, the majority of the narrative transpires outside of the Land of Oz, and it is only in the last two chapters that the characters visit The Land of Oz . Effectively the antithesis of the original, Oz is Dorothy's final destination in this book whereas in the first book Dorothy must traverse the dangerous Oz to find her way back to Kansas. The wonderful tales of Dorothy and the Land of Oz are timeless classics, world-famous and enjoyed by millions today just as they were in the past. A wonderful addition to any collection, this magical story is a must-have children's book. Lyman Frank Baum was a prolific American author of children's books best remembered for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This book has been elected for republication due to its literary value and is proudly republished here complete with its original illustrations and a new introductory biography of the author.
About the author
Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a melodrama he had written and scored. Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow. The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920.
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