Henry M. Littlefield, a high school teacher, imaginatively linked characters from the Wizard of Oz storyline book to the political landscape of the time
On a vacation from Kansas to Australia, Uncle Henry and his niece Dorothy Gale are caught in a fierce storm which throws Dorothy off the ship
In this book, Baum introduces some new characters: Jack Pumpkinhead, Mombi the witch among others which are very imaginative
The first of 15 books in the Oz series and tells the story of Dorothy from Kansas who was swooped with her dog Toto by a mighty wind to the Land of Oz.