Visitors from Oz
the wild adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman
by Martin Gardner
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Ever since The Wizard of Oz was first published in 1900, Dorothy and her companions have captured the imaginations of Americans. By placing the story in Manhattan of the late 1990s, with cameo appearances by Rudy Giuliani, Oprah Winfrey, and Geraldo Rivera, Gardner has for the first time ingeniously adapted Baum's immortal characters to an American setting.
The purpose of their visit to Earth is to publicize a new musical film about Oz. But plans go awry when two evil mobsters, hired by a wicked rival movie producer, try to kill Dorothy and her companions. Combining vivid suspense with a host of mathematical riddles and technological pyrotechnics, Martin Gardner has created a new fable in the finest traditions of L. Frank Baum that celebrates the power of imagination and the lure of an ageless heroine named Dorothy at the turn of a new century.
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Visitors from Oz: The Wild Adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman
February 2000, Griffin
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Visitors from Oz: The Wild Adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman
May 27, 1999, PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
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Visitors from Oz: the wild adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman
1998, St. Martin's Press
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Col. maps on endpapers.
Sequel to: The wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
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Dorothy and friends return in this Oz sequel, this time to New York City, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz". Combining mathematical riddles with technological pyrotechnics and vivid suspense, Martin Gardner has created a new fable celebrating the power of imagination and the lure of an ageless heroine named Dorothy from the turn of the century.
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