THE SCARECROW OF OZ

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L. FRANK BAUM

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The Scarecrow of Oz
First published in 1915
ISBN 978-1-62011-978-5
Duke Classics
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Contents

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'Twixt You and Me
Chapter One - The Great Whirlpool
Chapter Two - The Cavern Under the Sea
Chapter Three - The Ork
Chapter Four - Daylight at Last
Chapter Five - The Little Old Man of the Island
Chapter Six - The Flight of the Midgets
Chapter Seven - The Bumpy Man
Chapter Eight - Button-Bright is Lost and Found Again
Chapter Nine - The Kingdom of Jinxland
Chapter Ten - Pon, the Gardener's Boy
Chapter Eleven - The Wicked King and Googly-Goo
Chapter Twelve - The Wooden-Legged Grass-Hopper
Chapter Thirteen - Glinda the Good and the Scarecrow of Oz
Chapter Fourteen - The Frozen Heart
Chapter Fifteen - Trot Meets the Scarecrow
Chapter Sixteen - Pon Summons the King to Surrender
Chapter Seventeen - The Ork Rescues Button-Bright
Chapter Eighteen - The Scarecrow Meets an Enemy
Chapter Nineteen - The Conquest of the Witch
Chapter Twenty - Queen Gloria
Chapter Twenty-One - Dorothy, Betsy and Ozma
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Waterfall
Chapter Twenty Three - The Land of Oz
Chapter Twenty-Four - The Royal Reception

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Dedicated to

"The uplifters" of Los Angeles, California, in grateful appreciation of the pleasure I have derived from association with them, and in recognition of their sincere endeavor to uplift humanity through kindness, consideration and good-fellowship. They are big men—all of them—and all with the generous hearts of little children.

L. Frank Baum

'Twixt You and Me

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The Army of Children which besieged the Postoffice, conquered the Postmen and delivered to me its imperious Commands, insisted that Trot and Cap'n Bill be admitted to the Land of Oz, where Trot could enjoy the society of Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin and Ozma, while the one-legged sailor-man might become a comrade of the Tin Woodman, the Shaggy Man, Tik-Tok and all the other quaint people who inhabit this wonderful fairyland.

It was no easy task to obey this order and land Trot and Cap'n Bill safely in Oz, as you will discover by reading this book. Indeed, it required the best efforts of our dear old friend, the Scarecrow, to save them from a dreadful fate on the journey; but the story leaves them happily located in Ozma's splendid palace and Dorothy has promised me that Button-Bright and the three girls are sure to encounter, in the near future, some marvelous adventures in the Land of Oz, which I hope to be permitted to relate to you in the next Oz Book.