Ciekawostka: The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw

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The Land of Oz is a fantasy world introduced in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Oz consists of four vast quadrants: the Gillikin Country in the north, Quadling Country in the south, Munchkin Country in the east, and Winkie Country in the west. Each province has its own ruler, but the realm itself has always been ruled by a single monarch. According to Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, the ruler has mostly either been named Oz or Ozma. According to The Marvelous Land of Oz, the current monarch is Princess Ozma. Baum did not intend for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to have any sequels, but it achieved greater popularity…

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Introduction—Rainbow Reflections. More than a century after its first publication, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has proved to be one of America’s most enduring literary masterpieces. Although it is framed as a children’s novel, the book is widely acknowledged to have transcended such a modest status. It has been called “America’s greatest and best-loved fairy tale,”...

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Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story , and: The Real Wizard of Oz: The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum (review)

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