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Oz, the Great Wizard! The very name of L. Frank Baum´s magical character conjures a world where diminutive munchkins live and work, wicked witches run riot, and the mighty Oz himself rules over an Emerald City reached by a yellow brick road. The Wizard of Oz: The First Five Novels is your passport to this marvellous realm and wonders that have enchanted readers young and old for more than a century. Lavishly illustrated by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill, this volume includes: ´The Wonderful Wizard of Oz´, ´The Marvelous Land of Oz´, ´Ozma of Oz´, ´Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz´, ´The Road to Oz´.

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L. Frank Baum, 1856-1919, wuchs im Staat New York auf. Mit ´Der Zauberer von Oz´ gelang ihm 1900 der literarische Durchbruch. Neben Fortsetzungsbänden schrieb Lyman Frank Baum weitere Bücher unter verschiedenen Pseudonymen.

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