Finding Oz : : how L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story
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Map on endpapers.
Prologue: America's adventure -- No place like home -- An unexpected journey -- A girl in a man's world -- Heart of a tin man -- Roadblock -- The mythic oilcan -- Witch-hunting -- Frontier of hope and fear -- The story store -- The brainless and the heartless -- Field of blood -- The golden path -- The glimmering city -- The wizard's challenge -- The witch is dead -- This one story -- Home again -- Epilogue: a great awakening.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547055107
0547055102
SUBJECTS
Baum, L. Frank -- 1856-1919.
Oz (Imaginary place)
Philosophy in literature.
Mythology in literature.
Spirituality in literature.
Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism.