Finding Oz
Subtitle: how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story
By: Evan I. Schwartz.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547055107
Subjects: Baum, L. Frank -- 1856-1919.; Oz (Imaginary place); Philosophy in literature.; Mythology in literature.; Spirituality in literature.; Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Prologue: America's adventure; value: No place like home; value: An unexpected journey; value: A girl in a man's world; value: Heart of a tin man; value: Roadblock; value: The mythic oilcan; value: Witch-hunting; value: Frontier of hope and fear; value: The story store; value: The brainless and the heartless; value: Field of blood; value: The golden path; value: The glimmering city; value: The wizard's challenge; value: The witch is dead; value: This one story; value: Home again; value: Epilogue: a great awakening.