{"product_id":"the-land-of-oz-9781617205477","title":"The Land of Oz","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): L. Frank Baum | John R. Neill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe Land of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e continues L. Frank Baum's chronicle of the marvellous kingdom introduced in \u003cem\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e In Dorothy's absence, the timid but good-hearted Scarecrow governs the Emerald City, assisted by the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. Meanwhile, far from the capital, a young boy named Tip flees an ill-tempered guardian and begins a wandering journey that will quietly reshape the destiny of Oz itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaum enlarges the imaginative geography of his creation with new figures who have since become central to the Oz tradition, including Jack Pumpkinhead, the Sawhorse, and the formidable General Jinjur. Beneath its playful invention lies a work attentive to questions of authority, identity, transformation, and belonging. The novel's narrative, at once episodic and carefully structured, reflects Baum's gift for combining gentle satire with fairy-tale logic and comic invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the second book in the Oz series, \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e establishes the continuity and depth of Baum's imagined world, laying foundations that would sustain one of the most enduring mythologies in American children's literature. Presented here in a faithful edition of the original text, this volume invites modern readers to return to a foundational work of early twentieth-century fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilder Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47577158484119,"sku":"9781617205477","price":3273.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781617205477.webp?v=1774902701","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-land-of-oz-9781617205477","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}