The Magic of Oz

There is a marvelous land beyond the desert.

L. Frank Baum wrote fourteen books about the Land of Oz between 1900 and 1920, and Ruth Plumly Thompson carried it on after him. Twenty-four of those books are now in the public domain, and every one of them is here — whole, readable, and joined to a reference for the people, places, creatures and treasures in them.

One more comes free each January until 2035.

• The MapFour countries around a green city — and the argument about which way round they go
• The Library25 books, 559 chapters, read in full — 1900 to 1930
• People & Creatures331 so far, each drawn from the books
• Places90 countries, cities and roads
• Treasures52 magical objects

Every fact here names the book and chapter it comes from, and says whether it has been checked against the text. Where the books contradict each other, the contradiction is shown rather than settled.