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He wrote 14 novels in the oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title the wizard of oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 liveaction film. The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named dorothy gale in the land of oz. Journey to the spectacular land of oz with the wonderful wizard of oz. As baum says in the introduction it aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy. Youve seen the iconic 1939 movie, but do you know about the talking field mice, the winkies, and the witch of the north that appear in the original book. Frank baum s the wonderful wizard of oz lies within games, more precisely adventure.
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