The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - by L Frank Baum (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Everyone's favorite farm girl finds herself on a strange odyssey with three new friends in this trip down Memory Lane, via the Yellow Brick Road. Repackaged and revised reissue.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CLASIC FILM</b> <p/>"Follow the yellow brick road!" <p/> Since it first appeared in 1900, <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i> has brought joy to generations. In it, a girl's dream world comes to life as the cyclone lifts Dorothy from Kansas, depositing her in the enchanted land of the Munchkins. There she meets the famous Oz characters: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Wicked Witch of the West. Her adventures along the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City and the Wizard himself evoke the rich, universal appeal of a classic fairy tale.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A cyclone hits Kansas and whirls away Dorothy and her little dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz, where wild beasts talk, silver shoes have magic powers, and good witches offer protection with a kiss. But Dorothy has made an enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. With her new friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, they brave many dangers in search of the Wonderful Wizard in his Emerald City at the heart of Oz to ask him to grant each of them what they most desire - only to find that they already possess it. Published at the dawn of the twentieth century, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz immediately captivated child and adult readers alike. This new edition includes many of W. W. Denslow's original illustrations, and the introduction considers both the famous MGM film version and recent literary theory in a fascinating discussion of this children's classic.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Baum was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not--imaginative, <br>tolerant, alert to wonders, life."--Gore Vidal<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born in 1856, in Chittenango, New York, <b>L. Frank Baum </b>is best remembered for his monumental 1900 classic <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. </i>He returned frequently to the magical world he'd created, writing 13 books set in Oz. His considerable literary output included 55 novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and many miscellaneous writings, including scripts and lost novels. He passed away in 1919. <p/><b>Regina Barreca </b>is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including <i>The Penguin Book of Women's Humor</i>, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, and <i>Hartford Courant</i>.
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