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Dedicated to
The uplifters" of Los Angeles, California, in grateful appreciation of the
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pleasure I have derived from association with them, and in recognition of
their sincere endeavor to uplift humanity through kindness, consideration
and good-fellowship. They are big men--all of them--and all with the
generous hearts of little children.
L. Frank Baum
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TWIXT YOU AND ME
The Army of Children which besieged the Postoffice, conquered the Postmen
and delivered to me its imperious Commands, insisted that Trot and Cap'n
Bill be admitted to the Land of Oz, where Trot could enjoy the society of
Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin and Ozma, while the one-legged sailor-man might
become a comrade of the Tin Woodman, the Shaggy Man, Tik-Tok and all the
other quaint people who inhabit this wonderful fairyland.
It was no easy task to obey this order and land Trot and Cap'n Bill safely in
Oz, as you will discover by reading this book. Indeed, it required the best
efforts of our dear old friend, the Scarecrow, to save them from a dreadful fate
on the journey; but the story leaves them happily located in Ozma's splendid
palace and Dorothy has promised me that Button-Bright and the three girls
are sure to encounter, in the near future, some marvelous adventures in the
Land of Oz, which I hope to be permitted to relate to you in the next Oz Book.
Meantime, I am deeply grateful to my little readers for their continued
enthusiasm over the Oz stories, as evinced in the many letters they send me,
all of which are lovingly cherished. It takes more and more Oz Books every
year to satisfy the demands of old and new readers, and there have been
formed many "Oz Reading Societies," where the Oz Books owned by different
members are read aloud. All this is very gratifying to me and encourages me
to write more stories. When the children have had enough of them, I hope they
will let me know, and then I'll try to write something different.
L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz."
in CALIFORNIA, 1915.
"OZCOT"
at HOLLYWOOD
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