The Magic of Oz

object

Sand-boat

A boat with runners and sails created by Johnny Dooit to cross the Deadly Desert

First named in The Road to Oz, ch. 11

1 of 2 citations here quote the sentence they rest on. All of them are checked against the book on every build. The other 1 rest on the name appearing in the chapter cited.

As the books describe them

the bottom was modeled with two sharp runners which would glide through the sand. The front of the sand-boat was pointed like the bow of a ship, and there was a rudder at the stern to steer by. The Road to Oz, ch. 12

Appearances

Connections from others

Seen alongside

People, creatures and things that are in the same chapters — not merely named in them. A trail to follow, not a claim about the story.