The Road to Oz
By L. Frank Baum (18561919)
Illustrated by John R. Neill (18771943)
With 91 black-and-white illustrations (sorryno color ever for this book), illustrated chapter heads, Authors Introduction, and a Map of Oz.
First published in 1909. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+70 or less, and in the USA.
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Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man, and while trying to find the road to Butterfield, they get lost on an enchanted road. As they travel they meet the rainbows daughter, Polychrome, and a little boy, Button-Bright. They have all sorts of strange adventures on the way to Oz to attend Ozmas birthday party, and meet many notables from Fairyland.
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Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his childrens books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Janes Nieces at Work).
Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as the Royal Historian of Oz to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.
For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(adapted from Wikipedia and publishers advertising)
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Available in two-volume high-rez with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume low-rez based on 800 x 1100px.
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You had better get steppin down that road!
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By L. Frank Baum (18561919)
Illustrated by John R. Neill (18771943)
With 91 black-and-white illustrations (sorryno color ever for this book), illustrated chapter heads, Authors Introduction, and a Map of Oz.
First published in 1909. The text is in the public domain worldwide. Illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+70 or less, and in the USA.
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Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man, and while trying to find the road to Butterfield, they get lost on an enchanted road. As they travel they meet the rainbows daughter, Polychrome, and a little boy, Button-Bright. They have all sorts of strange adventures on the way to Oz to attend Ozmas birthday party, and meet many notables from Fairyland.
* * * *
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 May 6, 1919) was an American author chiefly famous for his childrens books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, as well as many short stories, poems, and plays. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Janes Nieces at Work).
Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as the Royal Historian of Oz to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.
For over a century, readers of all ages have loved these stories, and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.
(adapted from Wikipedia and publishers advertising)
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Available in two-volume high-rez with images based on 1100 x 1500px, or single-volume low-rez based on 800 x 1100px.
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You had better get steppin down that road!
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