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The '''Oz''' series is a popular children's book series which has attracted a significant fan base.  It began with L. Frank Baum's [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]], with illustrations by W.W. Denslow, published in 1900.  Baum did not intend to start a series; however, readers enjoyed it so much that they called for a sequel, and he needed the money after moving to Hollywood.  While Baum tried to end the series at least twice, he ended up writing fourteen books.  After his death, other authors continued the series up to 1963.
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While Baum himself stated that he wrote ''Wizard of Oz'' "solely to please children of today", the Oz books have addressed or left significantly unaddressed several philosophical questions.  The political themes arguably present in the original ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' in 1900 and the Broadway play based on it were not continued in the rest of the series.  The famous 1939 movie version is based on the 1900 original.
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==Impact on readers==
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The 40 Oz books had a significant impact on their young middle class readers who read them in English, Spanish, Russian, French, German, Romanian, Latin, Hebrew, or Arabic editions. Novelist Gore Vidal (born 1925) recalls:
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{{quotebox|Like most Americans my age (with access to books) I spent a good deal of my youth in Baum's Land of Oz.  I have a precise, tactile memory of the first Oz book that came into my hands. It was the original 1910 edition of ''The Emerald City of Oz.'' I still remember the look and the feel of those dark blue covers, the evocative smell of dust and old ink. I also remember that I could not stop reading and rereading the book. But 'reading' is not the right word. In some mysterious way, I was translating myself to Oz, a place which I was to inhabit for many years .... With The Emerald City, I became addicted to reading."<ref>Quoted in , Nicholas Von Hoffman, "Flimflam Land. ''Civilization,'' Feb/Mar2000, Vol. 7, Issue 1</ref>}}
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==Philosophical perspectives==
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===Nonviolence===
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Baum stated in the preface to ''Wizard of Oz'' that he wanted to eliminate "old time fairy tale... with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale."  Indeed, in the first book, Dorothy only kills the two wicked witches by accident, even "clasping her hands together in dismay" when she sees that her house has fallen on the Wicked Witch of the East and saying, "I'm very sorry, indeed," when she accidentally melts the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket of water.
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Hardly a single villain is killed throughout the Oz books.  In the sixth book, Baum even has Ozma (the ruler of Oz) say when faced with an invasion, "No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy.  I will not fight, even to save my kingdom."  Fortunately for Baum's protagonists, the enemies are defeated by the magic "Waters of Oblivion," which make them forget their plans of conquest.  Such magical solutions often reappear; the villain in ''Lost Princess of Oz'' is transformed into a dove and the villains in ''Magic of Oz'' are rendered harmless by being made to forget their magical knowledge.
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While such magic provides an easy solution within the Oz books, Baum opposed violence even when no other solution was possible.  In the non-Oz book ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/518 Enchanted Isle of Yew]'', Baum's protagonist refuses to execute a group of defeated bandits even after everyone has admitted that it would be just, instead presuming that their quick repentance is genuine.  Within the context of the story, this strategy works:  the bandits actually do repent and come to the protagonist's aid later in the book.
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==List of official Oz books==
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Forty official Oz books were published by the original publishers.  Fans have written and published many unofficial books; however, these mostly do not have the permission of the original authors and are mostly considered unofficial.
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===By L. Frank Baum===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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!Title
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!Year
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!Available online?
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!Summary
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|-
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|1. ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''
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|1900
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/55 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|2.  ''The Marvelous Land of Oz''
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|July 1904
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/54 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|3.  ''Ozma of Oz''
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|1907
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/486 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|4.  ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''
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|1908
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22566 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|5.  ''The Road to Oz''
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|1909
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26624 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|6.  ''The Emerald City of Oz''
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|1910
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/517 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|7.  ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''
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|??
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/955 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|8.  ''Tik-Tok of Oz''
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|1914
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/956 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|9.  ''The Scarecrow of Oz''
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|1915
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/957 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|10.  ''Rinkitink in Oz''
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|1916
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25581 Yes]
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|This was originally a non-Oz book entitled ''King Rinkitink'', which Baum adapted into an Oz book by having the main character be rescued by Dorothy at the end.
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|-
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|11.  ''The Lost Princess of Oz''
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|1917
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24459 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|12.  ''The Tin Woodman of Oz''
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|1918
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/960 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|13.  ''The Magic of Oz''
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|1919
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/419 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|14.  ''Glinda of Oz''
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|1915
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/961 Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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===By Ruth Plumly Thompson===
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After Baum's death, his publisher (with Baum's wife's consent) hired Ruth Plumly Thompson, a popular children's book author, to continue the series.
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Thompson's earlier books moved into the public domain before the [[Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act]]; her later books are also public-domain because she neglected to renew the copyright.
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Year
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!Available online?
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!Summary
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|-
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|15. ''The Royal Book of Oz''
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|1921
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|[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30537 Yes]
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|This book was falsely claimed to be based on an original draft by Baum.
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|-
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|16. ''Kabumpo in Oz''
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|1922
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|[http://dorothyozma.tripod.com/kabumpo.htm Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|17. ''The Cowardly Lion of Oz''
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|1923
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|18. ''Grampa in Oz''
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|1924
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|19. ''The List King of Oz''
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|1925
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|20. ''The Hungry Tiger of Oz''
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|1926
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|21. ''The Gnome King of Oz''
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|1927
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|22. ''The Giant Horse of Oz''
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|1928
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|23. ''Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz''
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|1929
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|24. ''The Yellow Knight of Oz''
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|1930
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|25. ''Pirates in Oz''
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|1931
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|26. ''The Purple Prince of Oz''
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|1932
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|27. ''Ojo in Oz''
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|1933
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|28. ''Speedy in Oz''
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|1934
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|No; still under copyright.
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|29. ''The Wishing Horse of Oz''
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|1935
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|[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/29--The%20Wishing%20Horse%20of%20Oz--Thompson.txt Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|30. ''Captain Salt in Oz''
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|1936
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|[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/30--Capitan%20Salt%20in%20Oz.txt Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|31. ''Handy Mandy in Oz''
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|1937
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|[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/31--Handy%20Mandy%20in%20Oz--Thompson.txt Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|32. ''The Silver Princess in Oz''
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|1938
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|[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/32--The%20Silver%20Princess%20in%20Oz--Thompson.txt Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|33. ''Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz''
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|1939
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|[http://dorothyozma.tripod.com/owoz.htm Yes]
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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===By Neill, Snow, Cosgrave, and McGraw===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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!Title
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!Author
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!Year
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!Summary
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|-
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|34. ''The Wonder City of Oz''
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|John R. Neill
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|1940
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|35. ''The Scalawagons of Oz''
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|John R. Neill
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|1941
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|36. ''Lucky Bucky in Oz''
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|John R. Neill
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|1942
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|37. ''[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/37--The%20Magical%20Mimics%20in%20Oz--Snow.txt The Magical Mimics in Oz]''
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|Jack Snow
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|1946
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|38. ''[http://jackrabbit6179.tripod.com/images/Documents/38--The%20Shaggy%20Man%20of%20Oz--Snow.txt The Shaggy Man of Oz]''
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|Jack Snow
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|1949
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|39. ''The Hidden Valley of Oz''
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|Rachel R. Cosgrave
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|1951
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
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|40. ''Merry Go Round in Oz''
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|Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren McGraw Wagner
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|1963
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|}
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==External links==
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===Sources===
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{{reflist}}
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===Other===
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* Archives of "[http://www.put.com/oz/ozdi/ The Ozzy Digest]," a discussion group for fans of the Oz series.  Parts of it have been sorted into [http://pumperdink.org/BCF/ discussions about each individual book].
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* [http://www.ozclub.org/ Official website of the International Wizard of Oz Club]
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[[Category:Children's Fiction]]

Latest revision as of 18:59, September 26, 2018

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. This book launched the Oz series.

The Oz series is a popular children's book series which has attracted a significant fan base. It began with L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with illustrations by W.W. Denslow, published in 1900. Baum did not intend to start a series; however, readers enjoyed it so much that they called for a sequel, and he needed the money after moving to Hollywood. While Baum tried to end the series at least twice, he ended up writing fourteen books. After his death, other authors continued the series up to 1963.

While Baum himself stated that he wrote Wizard of Oz "solely to please children of today", the Oz books have addressed or left significantly unaddressed several philosophical questions. The political themes arguably present in the original The Wizard of Oz in 1900 and the Broadway play based on it were not continued in the rest of the series. The famous 1939 movie version is based on the 1900 original.

Impact on readers

The 40 Oz books had a significant impact on their young middle class readers who read them in English, Spanish, Russian, French, German, Romanian, Latin, Hebrew, or Arabic editions. Novelist Gore Vidal (born 1925) recalls:

Like most Americans my age (with access to books) I spent a good deal of my youth in Baum's Land of Oz. I have a precise, tactile memory of the first Oz book that came into my hands. It was the original 1910 edition of The Emerald City of Oz. I still remember the look and the feel of those dark blue covers, the evocative smell of dust and old ink. I also remember that I could not stop reading and rereading the book. But 'reading' is not the right word. In some mysterious way, I was translating myself to Oz, a place which I was to inhabit for many years .... With The Emerald City, I became addicted to reading."[1]

Philosophical perspectives

Nonviolence

Baum stated in the preface to Wizard of Oz that he wanted to eliminate "old time fairy tale... with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale." Indeed, in the first book, Dorothy only kills the two wicked witches by accident, even "clasping her hands together in dismay" when she sees that her house has fallen on the Wicked Witch of the East and saying, "I'm very sorry, indeed," when she accidentally melts the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket of water.

Hardly a single villain is killed throughout the Oz books. In the sixth book, Baum even has Ozma (the ruler of Oz) say when faced with an invasion, "No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy. I will not fight, even to save my kingdom." Fortunately for Baum's protagonists, the enemies are defeated by the magic "Waters of Oblivion," which make them forget their plans of conquest. Such magical solutions often reappear; the villain in Lost Princess of Oz is transformed into a dove and the villains in Magic of Oz are rendered harmless by being made to forget their magical knowledge.

While such magic provides an easy solution within the Oz books, Baum opposed violence even when no other solution was possible. In the non-Oz book Enchanted Isle of Yew, Baum's protagonist refuses to execute a group of defeated bandits even after everyone has admitted that it would be just, instead presuming that their quick repentance is genuine. Within the context of the story, this strategy works: the bandits actually do repent and come to the protagonist's aid later in the book.

List of official Oz books

Forty official Oz books were published by the original publishers. Fans have written and published many unofficial books; however, these mostly do not have the permission of the original authors and are mostly considered unofficial.

By L. Frank Baum

Title Year Available online? Summary
1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900 Yes
2. The Marvelous Land of Oz July 1904 Yes
3. Ozma of Oz 1907 Yes
4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz 1908 Yes
5. The Road to Oz 1909 Yes
6. The Emerald City of Oz 1910 Yes
7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz ?? Yes
8. Tik-Tok of Oz 1914 Yes
9. The Scarecrow of Oz 1915 Yes
10. Rinkitink in Oz 1916 Yes This was originally a non-Oz book entitled King Rinkitink, which Baum adapted into an Oz book by having the main character be rescued by Dorothy at the end.
11. The Lost Princess of Oz 1917 Yes
12. The Tin Woodman of Oz 1918 Yes
13. The Magic of Oz 1919 Yes
14. Glinda of Oz 1915 Yes

By Ruth Plumly Thompson

After Baum's death, his publisher (with Baum's wife's consent) hired Ruth Plumly Thompson, a popular children's book author, to continue the series.

Thompson's earlier books moved into the public domain before the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act; her later books are also public-domain because she neglected to renew the copyright.

Title Year Available online? Summary
15. The Royal Book of Oz 1921 Yes This book was falsely claimed to be based on an original draft by Baum.
16. Kabumpo in Oz 1922 Yes
17. The Cowardly Lion of Oz 1923 No; still under copyright.
18. Grampa in Oz 1924 No; still under copyright.
19. The List King of Oz 1925 No; still under copyright.
20. The Hungry Tiger of Oz 1926 No; still under copyright.
21. The Gnome King of Oz 1927 No; still under copyright.
22. The Giant Horse of Oz 1928 No; still under copyright.
23. Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz 1929 No; still under copyright.
24. The Yellow Knight of Oz 1930 No; still under copyright.
25. Pirates in Oz 1931 No; still under copyright.
26. The Purple Prince of Oz 1932 No; still under copyright.
27. Ojo in Oz 1933 No; still under copyright.
28. Speedy in Oz 1934 No; still under copyright.
29. The Wishing Horse of Oz 1935 Yes
30. Captain Salt in Oz 1936 Yes
31. Handy Mandy in Oz 1937 Yes
32. The Silver Princess in Oz 1938 Yes
33. Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz 1939 Yes

By Neill, Snow, Cosgrave, and McGraw

Title Author Year Summary
34. The Wonder City of Oz John R. Neill 1940
35. The Scalawagons of Oz John R. Neill 1941
36. Lucky Bucky in Oz John R. Neill 1942
37. The Magical Mimics in Oz Jack Snow 1946
38. The Shaggy Man of Oz Jack Snow 1949
39. The Hidden Valley of Oz Rachel R. Cosgrave 1951
40. Merry Go Round in Oz Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren McGraw Wagner 1963

External links

Sources

  1. ↑ Quoted in , Nicholas Von Hoffman, "Flimflam Land. Civilization, Feb/Mar2000, Vol. 7, Issue 1

Other

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