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The classic 17th cnetury Christian allegory ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' inspired some of the characters and dangers described in the Wizard of Oz.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-08-31&view=View</ref>

The classic 17th cnetury Christian allegory ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' inspired some of the characters and dangers described in the Wizard of Oz.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-08-31&view=View</ref>

"Oz" is the abbreviation for "ounce," and it has been suggested that Baum was making a political allusion to [[bimetallism]], a hot political topic of the day. The 1901 tgheatre version used many current political allusions, mentioning by name President Roosevelt and oilman John D. Rockefeller.  In a press release for the 1903 reissue of Wizard, Baum wrote:<ref>http://home.earthlink.net/~jcorbally/eng218/rcross.html</ref>

"Oz" is the abbreviation for "ounce," and it has been suggested that Baum was making a political allusion to [[bimetallism]], a hot political topic of the day. The 1901 theatre version used many current political allusions, mentioning by name President Roosevelt and oilman John D. Rockefeller.  In a press release for the 1903 reissue of Wizard, Baum wrote:<ref>http://home.earthlink.net/~jcorbally/eng218/rcross.html</ref>

<blockquote>I have a little cabinet letter file on my desk that is just in front of me. I was thinking and wondering about a title for the story, and had settled on the "Wizard" as part of it. My gaze was caught by the gilt letters on the three drawers of the cabinet. The first was <I>A-G</I>; the next drawer was labeled <I>H-N</I> and on the last were the letters <I>O-Z</I>. And "Oz" it at once became.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/oz.asp</ref></Blockquote>

<blockquote>I have a little cabinet letter file on my desk that is just in front of me. I was thinking and wondering about a title for the story, and had settled on the "Wizard" as part of it. My gaze was caught by the gilt letters on the three drawers of the cabinet. The first was <I>A-G</I>; the next drawer was labeled <I>H-N</I> and on the last were the letters <I>O-Z</I>. And "Oz" it at once became.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/oz.asp</ref></Blockquote>