In order to pay it, he has taken out a mortgage on his farm. Later, it is revealed that the destruction of their farmhouse by the tornado back in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has left Uncle Henry in terrible debt. Neither of them believes a word of her stories, but consider her a dreamer, as her dead mother had been. Summaries The Emerald City of Oz 1910 – First printingĪt the beginning of this story, it is made quite clear that Dorothy Gale (the primary protagonist of many of the previous Oz books), is in the habit of freely speaking of her many adventures in the Land of Oz to her only living relatives, her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.

The Fountain is an important feature in The Magic of Oz (1919), The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980), The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993), and Paradox in Oz (1999). The Forbidden Fountain that Baum introduces in this book recurs in ensuing Oz books, by him and by his various successors. This is the first time in the Oz series that Baum made use of double plots for one of the books.īaum had intended to cease writing Oz stories with this book, but financial pressures prompted him to write and publish The Patchwork Girl of Oz, with seven other Oz books to follow. While they are toured through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz. Originally published on July 20, 1910, it is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently. The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L.

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