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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy Gale with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
When Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard again, Toto tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room that reveals "the Wizard", who sadly explains he is a humbug—an ordinary old man who, by a hot air balloon, came to Oz long ago from Omaha. He provides the Scarecrow with a head full of bran, pins, and needles ("a lot of bran-new brains ...
Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappears in most of its sequels.
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Published on June 5, 1917, it begins with the disappearance of Princess Ozma, the ruler of Oz and covers Dorothy and the Wizard's efforts to find her. The introduction to the novel states that its inspiration was a letter a young girl had written to Baum: "I suppose if Ozma ever got hurt or losted [ sic ], everybody would be sorry."
This is the first Oz book where the majority of the action takes place outside of the Land of Oz.Only the final two chapters take place in Oz itself. [2] This reflects a subtle change in theme: in the first book, Oz is the dangerous land through which Dorothy must win her way back to Kansas; in the third, Oz is the end and aim of the book. [3]
In 1939, Rinkitink in Oz was one of six Oz books specially reissued by Rand McNally in a condensed, small-format "junior edition" for young readers, as a promotion for the MGM film of The Wizard of Oz. According to A Brief Guide to Oz, a "brief racial insult — a tottenhot is a lesser form of man - has been excised from some later editions." [4]
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 1900 L. Frank Baum 1956 2 The Marvelous Land of Oz: 1904 L. Frank Baum 1960 3 Ozma of Oz: 1907 L. Frank Baum 1983 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: 1908 L. Frank Baum 1984 5 The Road to Oz: 1909 L. Frank Baum 1985 6 The Emerald City of Oz: 1910 L. Frank Baum 1986 7 The Patchwork Girl of Oz: 1913 L. Frank Baum 1989 8 ...