Books with title L. F. Baum - Tik-Tok of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous "Oz" chronology. For the second time a little girl from the United States comes to Oz. The story begins in a faraway corner of Oz, in the small country of Oogaboo. There, Queen Ann Soforth musters an unlikely army and sets off to conquer the rest of Oz. Meanwhile, a girl Betsy Bobbin from Oklahoma and her companion, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked in the Nonestic Ocean. The two drift to shore in the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of talking roses, on a fragment of wreckage. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the evil Nome King. Betsy, Hank, and the Rose Princess join the Shaggy Man on his journey, and before long they meet up with Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter; Tik-Tok; and Queen Ann with her army. Join Tik-Tok and friends on an exciting, imaginative journey through the thrilling world of Oz, complete with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic. An enduring favorite!

The very marked success of my last year's fairy book, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz," convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories "best of all," as one little girl wrote me. So here, my dears, is a new Oz story in which is introduced Ann Soforth, the Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik–Tok assisted in conquering our old acquaintance, the Nome King. It also tells of Betsy Bobbin and how, after many adventures, she finally reached the marvelous Land of Oz.There is a play called "The Tik–Tok Man of Oz," but it is not like this story of "Tik–Tok of Oz," although some of the adventures recorded in this book, as well as those in several other Oz books, are included in the play. Those who have seen the play and those who have read the other Oz books will find in this story a lot of strange characters and adventures that they have never heard of before.

Chapter OneAnn's Army"I won't!" cried Ann; "I won't sweep the floor. It is beneath my dignity.""Some one must sweep it," replied Ann's younger sister, Salye; "else we shall soon be wading in dust. And you are the eldest, and the head of the family.""I'm Queen of Oogaboo," said Ann, proudly. "But," she added with a sigh, "my kingdom is the smallest and the poorest in all the Land of Oz."This was quite true. Away up in the mountains, in a far corner of the beautiful fairyland of Oz, lies a small valley which is named Oogaboo, and in this valley lived a few people who were usually happy and contented and never cared to wander over the mountain pass into the more settled parts of the land. They knew that all of Oz, including their own territory, was ruled by a beautiful Princess named Ozma, who lived in the splendid Emerald City; yet the simple folk of Oogaboo never visited Ozma. They had a royal family of their own—not especially to rule over them, but just as a matter of pride. Ozma permitted the various parts of her country to have their Kings and Queens and Emperors and the like, but all were ruled over by the lovely girl Queen of the Emerald City.

Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, published on June 19, 1914. The book actually has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King.The endpapers of the first edition held maps: one of Oz itself, and one of the continent on which Oz and its neighboring countries belonged. These were the first maps printed of Oz.

The amusing starts in an isolated corner of Oz, inside the small country of Oogaboo. There Queen Ann Soforth musters an not likely army and units off to triumph over the rest of Oz. Meanwhile, a lady from Oklahoma named Betsy Bobbin and her associate, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked and washed ashore inside the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of speaking roses. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the depraved Nome King. Betsy, Hank, and the Rose Princess be a part of the Shaggy Man on his journey, and earlier than lengthy they join up with Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter; Tik-Tok; and Queen Ann with her military. The rest of Baum's tale is packed with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology. The eighth, Tik-Tok of Oz, was published in 1914 and introduced readers to Betsy Bobbin and her loyal Mule, Hank, along with Polychrome, the Shaggy Man, and Tik-Tok, as they wind up in the land of Tittiti-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin. This volume of Original Oz Stories is formatted not only for ease of reading, but to emulate the textual structure of that original publication.