Frank Baum's widow Maud Baum's blessing, the series was continued by five different authors (with Ruth Plumly Thompson, the first to continue the series, eventually publishing more Oz books than even Baum). He wrote a total of 14 books before his death in 1919.

Reilly & Lee convinced him to write an additional four books, and Baum attempted to end the series after book six, only to be forced to return to the series three years later after some poor theater investments and poor sales on his other fantasy series starring the characters Trot and Cap'n Bill (who were later imported into the Oz books). Frank Baum wrote the second book only to capitalize on the success of the stage version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The book has had 39 official sequels published by Reilly & Lee, with the originals generally being called 'The Famous Forty', 13 of the sequels being written by Baum, and 35 books illustrated by John R. Frank Baum in his novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Land of Oz is a fantasy setting created by L.

Chapter 19: Dr.- The Good Witch of the North, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Chapter 17: The Astonishing Flight of the Gump.

Chapter 16: The Scarecrow Takes Time to Think.

Chapter 14: Old Mombi Indulges in Witchcraft.

Chapter 10: The Journey to the Tin Woodman.

Chapter 9: The Scarecrow Plans an Escape.

Chapter 6: Jack Pumpkinhead's Ride to the Emerald City.

Chapter 5: The Awakening of the Saw-horse.

Chapter 4: Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic.

Chapter 2: The Marvelous Powder of Life.

Chapter 1: Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead.

Stone whose clever personations of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land, this book is gratefully dedicated by THE AUTHOR

To those excellent good fellows and comedians David C. At first I considered these little letters, frank and earnest though they were, in the light of pretty compliments but the letters continued to come during succeeding months, and even years.įinally I promised one little girl, who made a long journey to see me and prefer her request,-and she is a 'Dorothy,' by the way-that when a thousand little girls had written me a thousand little letters asking for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman I would write the book, Either little Dorothy was a fairy in disguise, and waved her magic wand, or the success of the stage production of 'The Wizard of OZ' made new friends for the story, For the thousand letters reached their destination long since-and many more followed them.Īnd now, although pleading guilty to long delay, I have kept my promise in this book. After the publication of 'The Wonderful Wizard of OZ' I began to receive letters from children, telling me of their pleasure in reading the story and asking me to 'write something more' about the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.

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