Publisher's Synopsis
Most people are familiar with the land of Oz by way of the classic 1939 film. The film was based on only the first of fourteen books about Oz in which Baum developed his vision of a socialist paradise and which garnered an immense and loyal following. Three of the novels are collected here. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his readers to live in a peaceful country in which relationships were based not on commodity exchange but on the sharing of gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change.
