Other editions of book The 17 Oz Tales of L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Emerald City of Oz and More

This collection gathers together the 17 Oz tales by L. (Lyman) Frank Baum in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!1st Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz2nd Book: The Marvelous Land of Oz3rd Book: Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz4th Book: The Woggle-Bug Book5th Book: Ozma of Oz6th Book: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz7th Book: The Road to Oz8th Books: The Emerald City of Oz9th Book: The Patchwork Girl of Oz10th Book: Little Wizard Stories of Oz11th Book: Tik-Tok of Oz12th Book: The Scarecrow of Oz13th Book: Rinkitink in Oz14th Book: The Lost Princess of Oz15th Book: The Tin Woodman of Oz16th Book: The Magic of Oz17th Book: Glinda of OzBaum explores the theme of self-contradiction in The Wizard of Oz. The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion all lack self-confidence. The Scarecrow believes that he has no brains, though he comes up with clever solutions to several problems that they encounter on their journey. The Tin Woodman believes that he lacks a heart, but is moved to tears when misfortune befalls the various creatures they meet. The Cowardly Lion believes that he has no courage even though he is consistently brave through their journey. Carl L. Bankston III of Salem Press noted that "These three characters embody the classical human virtues of intelligence, caring, and courage, but their self-doubts keep them from being reduced to mere symbols of these qualities."The character of the wizard supports the theme of self-belief and how important it is. Dorothy and her companions believed the wizard to be powerful and even when they found out that he wasn’t, they continued to ask him to grant them their wishes. Baum biographer Rebecca Loncraine points out that the story is a critique of power and shows how “easily people who lack belief in themselves can become willing participants in the deceptions practiced by manipulative figures who rule over them”