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	Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most readers in 1900 read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a fairy tale, but cartoonists recognized that Baum and Denslow were using images that editorial cartoonists had long used to portray American politicians.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a modernized fairy tale written by L.
		The Wizard of Oz seems to be the president of the Land of Oz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz (2422 words)

	The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wizard of Oz collectibles, such as autographs and props from the film, are among the most sought-after of all movie memorabilia.
		The Wizard who encourages and profits from the defeat of the Western Witch turns out to be another version of the same flimflam man she met at home, a cynical politician who realizes that none of Dorothy's allies truly require anything that they didn't already have.
		The Wizard of Oz has an official sequel, the animated production Journey Back To Oz (the music was composed in 1964, but funding for the animation could not be raised until eight years later), featuring the voice of Liza Minnelli, Garland's daughter, as Dorothy and Margaret Hamilton as the voice of Aunt Em.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film) (9310 words)

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		Oz is fairyland originally created by L. Frank Baum as stories he told his four sons and their friends.
		Baum came up with the name of Oz, one being that when asked by one child what the name of this marvelous land was, his eye happened to catch sight of his filing cabinet, which read "O-Z".
		Official International Wizard of Oz Club announcement: The International Wizard of Oz Club was founded in 1957 to bring together all those interested in Oz, its authors and illustrators, film and stage adaptions, toys and games, and associated memorabilia.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/oz.faq (1766 words)

	"TO PLEASE A CHILD" L. Frank Baum and the Land of Oz - The Wizard of Oz (Library of Congress Exhibition)
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the way in which portions of the text were printed over Denslow's drawings, a feature soon copied in other children's books.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz In 1956 the copyright on the book expired, opening the way for a stream of new editions of the book in which illustrators created their own visual interpretations of the Oz characters originally portrayed by W. Denslow.
		Wizard of Oz Although the story, with its heroine from Kansas and its con man Wizard from Omaha, may seem quintessentially American, the Oz books have become popular worldwide.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/oz/ozsect1.html (1424 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		The west in Oz was inhabited by the Winged Monkeys and the Winkies.
		The theory that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an allegory is taught across the nation at colleges, universities, and high schools, such as Columbus College (Georgia), Duke University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, and De Witt Clinton High School (New York).
		The project involved the analysis of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, and the synthesis of this examination with the historical evidence that was relevant to the story.
	www.djacobs.org /oz (4902 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		The Wizard of Oz is an entity unto itself, however, and was not originally written with a sequel in mind.
		Oz itself is a magic oasis surrounded by impassable deserts, and the country is divided in a very orderly fashion.
		Formerly the Wizard was a mimic, a ventriloquist and a circus balloonist.
	www.amphigory.com /oz.htm (5599 words)

	Wizard of Oz - Frequently Asked Questions - The Oz Books
		Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson, 1939)
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was originally illustrated by W. (William Wallace) Denslow, a friend of Baum's.
		While The Wizard of Oz couldn't be found on the shelves of the Chicago library system as early as 1928, two of the most notorious incidents took place in the 1950s, when Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee were active and saw Communism in all aspects of life.
	www.eskimo.com /~tiktok/faq02.html (4985 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987) (V) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I was 6 when I first saw this version of The Wizard of Oz (the full TV series - it has since been split up for video with this one being the 1st part), and I hadn't seen any of the other versions nor even knew it was actually based on a book.
		One thing 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' has over some of the other versions is its length - it was able to be spread out over many episodes and not have to be crammed into a 2hr movie or something similar.
		The Wizard instead sends them off to kill the Wicked Witch of the West (which they do) but upon returning it is discovered the Wizard is in fact just a normal man who arrived in Oz via a balloon.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0094337 (896 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published in 1900 and met with both commercial and critical success.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is said to be the first American fairy tale, and L. Frank Baum had indeed aspired to write a fairy tale that was different from the older, mostly European ones.
		In his Preface to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum says that he aimed to create a tale in which "wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out." Would you say he succeeded?
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/wonderful_wizard_of_oz1.asp (715 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition: Books: Peter Glassman,L. Frank Baum,W. W. Denslow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although children are often first introduced to the Land of Oz by the classic 1939 movie, the original novel and its many sequels have enchanted both young and old over the years.
		I'm sure that there are those of you who have the annotated Wizard of Oz and/or the Dover editions of the Wonderful/Wizard of Oz (Dover has made different copies in publishing it in different ways).
		Dorothy is directed to travel to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz to help her return to Kansas.
	www.amazon.ca /Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-100th-Anniversary/dp/0060293233 (1735 words)

	Amazon.com: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition (Books of Wonder): Books: L. Frank Baum,W. W. Denslow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first of Baum's Oz books is his weakest: for all its imagination, it is awkwardly written, so episodic as to be incohesive, and compares unfavorably with the celebrated 1939 film.
		In The Wizard of Oz, a young girl named Dorothy and her dog Toto are sucked up into a cyclone, and sent to a magical land.
		The Wizard of Oz (AudioBook, 4 CD(Price: $39.95)
	www.amazon.com /Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-Anniversary-Wonder/dp/0060293233 (2085 words)

	The Wizard of Oz \| Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
		Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today.
		It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
	www.book-worm.org /baum-l-frank/index.htm (278 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Kansas Centennial Edition
		To honor the centennial of its publication in 1900, the University Press of Kansas is pleased to present this special anniversary edition that combines Baum's original text with the contributions of two renowned artists: book illustrator Michael McCurdy and writer Ray Bradbury.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, however, remains the most popular and enduring of all.
	www.kansaspress.ku.edu /bauwon.html (537 words)

	Amazon.com: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder): Books: L. Frank Baum,W. W. Denslow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first of the fourteen full-length Oz novels, is his most famous work, but he is also known for his many other fantasies and pseudonymous books.
		The movie was a classic favorite of mine, this during a time when the Wizard of Oz was broadcasted yearly, when there were only 4 or 5 channels on the television (at least that we were able to get reception on) and when the battle between VHS and Beta was still abound.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a very exiting novel.The land of Oz is divided into 5 parts and two parts have wicked witches and the other two have good witches.
	www.amazon.com /Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-Books/dp/0688166776 (2450 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eText of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		At first she had wondered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring.
		The Wonderful City of Oz Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City.
		His first thought was that Oz had by accident caught on fire and was burning up; but when he tried to go nearer, the heat was so intense that it singed his whiskers, and he crept back tremblingly to a spot nearer the door.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext93/wizoz10h.htm (24752 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website
		And in case you were wondering about the above cartoon, it's considered to be the very first cartoon to use the characters from The Movie in a political context.
		Wizard of Oz performances and other events are held all over the world.
		The Wonderful Blog of Oz Illustration by John R. Neill from The Giant Horse of Oz, © 1928 The Reilly and Lee Co.
	www.eskimo.com /~tiktok (1765 words)

	BookRags: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Study Guide
		Frank Baum never imagined the impact The Wonderful Wizard of Oz would have on children's writing or the appeal the book would have to generations of readers.
		Before The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, children's books were stilted morality tales designed to instruct or to frighten readers into behaving properly.
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz received praise from critics and readers alike.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-wonderfulwizardoz (319 words)

	Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		Oz is short for ounce, the measure for gold and silver.
		The real Wizard flies away in a hot-air balloon, the Scarecrow is left to govern the Emerald City, the Tin Woodsman rules the West, and the Cowardly Lion returns to the forest where he becomes King of the Beasts after vanquishing a giant spider which was devouring the animals in the forest.
		Hugh Rockoff, "The 'Wizard of Oz' as a Monetary Allegory." The Journal of Political Economy.
	www.prosperityuk.com /prosperity/articles/wizzoz.html (1611 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In order to get back to Kansas with Aunt Em, she must find the Wonderful Wizard, who lives in the Emerald City.
		On her way to this fantastic place, she meets three friends who also wish to ask a favour to Oz: the Scarecrow, who dreams of getting some brains in his stuffed head; the Tin Woodman, who longs for a heart to feel; and the Cowardly Lion, who would like to be braver.
		Baum even set some other tales in the same land of Oz, such as The marvelous Land of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Lost Princess of Oz or Glinda of Oz, his last book posthumously published in 1920.
	www.ricochet-jeunes.org /eng/biblio/books/wizardoz.html (280 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Books: L. Frank Baum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the ﬁrst uniquely American fairy tale.
		A combination of enchanting fantasy and piercing social commentary, this remarkable story has entertained and beguiled readers of all ages since it was ﬁrst published in 1900.
		It's not as good as the other editions, but it is better than the "Aladdin" editon, which has NO PICTURES - I have that edition.
	www.amazon.ca /Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-Frank-Baum/dp/081297011X (492 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		It begins when a little Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, and her dog Toto are blown away in a tornado and land in a fairyland named Oz.
		Here she meets a very unusual cast of characters - the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, and together they go on a quest to see the Wizard of Oz, each of them seeking what they want most in life.
		Making their way along the Yellow Brick Road through a series of hair-raising encounters, they arrive at the Emerald City only to be told by the Wizard that they first must kill the Wicked Witch of the West before he will grant their wishes.
	www.halcyon.com /piglet/bk06des.htm (358 words)

	Holding The Wizard accountable...
		He was a devoted family man, apparently a sensitive and kind individual, and he wrote books that were forerunners of today's concerns with diversity.
		He was L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, acclaimed world-wide as the Great American Fairy Tale.
		The fabric of Oz is love, the emotional connection, life-form to life-form, that creates respect, recognition and acceptance.
	www.dickshovel.com /roeschbaum.html (1049 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - A Podiobooks.com presentation
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - A Podiobooks.com presentation
		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been called "the first true American fairy tale" and it richly deserves the title.
		The story of Dorothy's epic journey through a strange land, filled with terrifying enemies and loyal allies, resonates today as much as it did when it was first written, at the turn of the last century.
	www.podiobooks.com /podiobooks/book.php?ID=38 (280 words)

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
		A PREVIEW OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to receive a rating.
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		A sheriff (Nicolas Cage) investigating a young girl's disappearance stumbles into some creepy goings-on within an island community in this remake of the 1973 horror flick of the same name.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/wonderful_wizard_of_oz (339 words)

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