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En el País de los Gillikins, que se extiende al norte del País de Oz, vivía un niño llamado Tip. Ese nombre encerraba algo más, porque la vieja Mombi declaraba a menudo que el nombre completo del joven era Tippetarius; pero como «Tip» servía perfectamente, no se esperaba que nadie dijera una palabra tan larga. Ese niño no recordaba nada de sus padres, porque había sido criado desde muy joven por la vieja conocida como Mombi, cuya reputación, siento decirlo, no era de lo mejor. Los gillikins tenían razones para sospechar que practicaba artes mágicas, y por lo tanto preferían no relacionarse con ella. Mombi no era exactamente una bruja, porque la Bruja Buena que gobernaba esa parte del País de Oz había prohibido la existencia de cualquier otra bruja en sus dominios. Así que la tutora de Tip, por mucho que aspirara a hacer magia, comprendía que era ilegal ser algo más que Hechicera, o a lo sumo Maga. Tip estaba hecho para traer leña del bosque, que la vieja usaba para hervir cosas en la olla. También trabajaba en los maizales, cavando con la azada o quitando la farfolla a las mazorcas de maíz; además, daba de comer a los cerdos y ordeñaba la vaca de cuatro cuernos que era el especial orgullo de Mombi.

Dorothy vivía en medio de las extensas praderas de Kansas, con su tío Henry, que era granjero, y su tía Em, la esposa de éste. La casa que los albergaba era pequeña, pues la madera necesaria para su construcción debió ser transportada en carretas desde muy lejos. Constaba de cuatro paredes, piso y techo, lo cual formaba una habitación, y en ella había una cocina algo herrumbrada, un mueble para los platos, una mesa, tres o cuatro sillas y las camas. El tío Henry y la tía Em tenían una cama grande situada en un rincón, y Dorothy ocupaba una pequeñita en otro rincón. No había altillo ni tampoco sótano, salvo un hueco cavado en el piso, y al que llamaban refugio para ciclones, donde la familia podía cobijarse en caso de que se descargara un huracán lo bastante fuerte como para barrer con cualquier edificio que hallara en su camino. A este hueco ¿pequeño y oscurö se llegaba por medio de una escalera y una puerta trampa que había en medio del piso. Cuando Dorothy se detenía en el vano de la puerta y miraba a su alrededor, no podía ver otra cosa que la gran pradera que los rodeaba. Ni un árbol ni una casa se destacaba en la inmensa llanura que se extendía en todas direcciones hasta parecer juntarse con el cielo. El sol había calcinado la tierra arada hasta convertirla en una masa grisácea con una que otra rajadura aquí y allá. Ni siquiera la hierba era verde, pues el sol había quemado la parte superior de sus largas hojillas hasta teñirlas del mismo gris predominante en el lugar. En un tiempo la casa estuvo pintada, pero el calor del astro rey había levantado ampollas en la pintura y las lluvias se llevaron a ésta, de modo que la vivienda tenía ahora la misma tonalidad grisácea y opaca que todo lo que la circundaba.

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Dorothy é órfã e mora com seus tios em uma casa modesta da zona rural dos Estados Unidos. Um dia, é carregada por um ciclone que a leva a um reino encantado - a Terra de Oz. Durante sua aventura, a garota encontra três grandes amigos - o Espantalho,o Lenhador de Lata e o Leão Covarde - e faz grandes descobertas.

Join Tik-Tok, the Shaggy Man, and a host of other friends--both old and new--on an exciting, imaginative journey through the world of Oz.The fun begins in an isolated 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 from Oklahoma named Betsy Bobbin and her companion, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked and washed ashore in the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of talking roses. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the wicked 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. The rest of Baum's tale is filled with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic.Capturing all the fun are twelve color plates and nearly eighty black-and-white drawings by Oz artist John R. Neill, as well as a facsimile of Neill's full-color map endpapers of Oz and the enchanted realms that surround it--the first maps of Oz ever published!Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Oz novel and the first to bring a girl other than Dorothy to Oz. Now, in this beautiful reproduction of the rare first edition, a whole new generation can discover the enchantment and joy that have made the Oz series such an enduring favorite.

Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work was written in 1909 by L. Frank Baum, best known as the author of The Land of Oz. It is the fourth novel of the ten-book Aunt Jane's Nieces series, which, after the Oz books themselves, was Baum's most popular literary work. It was published under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne," one of Baum's many aliases, just like the previous works in the series. The story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle is continued in the book. The title is a little deceptive; a more appropriate title would have been Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. Three days after Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville ended, the story picks up with freckled and red-haired Patsy still nursing a sunburn from her summer spent in the Adirondacks. She and Louise get letters from Kenneth Forbes, their "cousin," the young man who in the first book of the series inherited Aunt Jane's land. To some extent, Baum's decision to portray the Democratic candidate as a practitioner of "low politics" may be seen as a reflection of reality.

L. Frank Baum wrote the 1912 book Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne." Baum's intended title was Aunt Jane's Nieces in Journalism, which is more accurate, but the publisher changed it without telling him, much to his chagrin. To begin with, the title is accurate enough. Returning to their holiday home in Millville, upstate New York, are John Merrick and his nieces. Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick Weldon, the three girls, get tired of taking vacations and want to get more involved in town life. Since Beth reads newspapers frequently, they plan to start their own newspaper with Uncle John's funding, and stereotype plates from the wire service liberally strewn with local news and rumors. Louise is mostly in charge of the latter. As was typical of female-run businesses at the period, her husband, Arthur Weldon, has his name listed first on the masthead, which forces him into a duel with one of the yokels. However, the issues brought by local greedy mill owners trying to con the town become the main plot. White ethnics make up the majority of the workforce, which the locals despise.

L. Frank Baum, the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published his first book, The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale, Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees, in 1901. Robert Stanton Baum, who was born in 1886 and would have been approximately fifteen at the time of publication, was the recipient of a dedication in Baum's book. The main character is a parent who supports his son's electrical experiments and makes sure that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any kind." A blinding flash occurs, followed by the appearance of the entity known as the Daemon of Electricity. He claims that Rob has the right to demand presents from him since he unintentionally "touched the Master Key of Electricity." The Daemon, according to The Master Key author Lathaniel Baum, is a "Electro-Magnetic Restorer" with abilities so powerful that even the dead may be brought back to life as long as their blood has not yet cooled. Visitors were given a "Illimitable Communicator" and a "Simple electric gadget which will enable you, wherever you may be, to talk with individuals in any area of the world" during the third week of the experiment.

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The Master Key; An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

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