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THE TIN WOODMAN OF OZ
A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin
Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and
Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter
by L. FRANK BAUM "Royal historian of Oz"
This Book is dedicated to the son of my son Frank Alden Baum

TO MY READERS
I know that some of you have been waiting for this story of the Tin
Woodman, because many of my correspondents have asked me, time
and again what ever became of the "pretty Munchkin girl" whom Nick
Chopper was engaged to marry before the Wicked Witch enchanted his
axe and he traded his flesh for tin. I, too, have wondered what became
of her, but until Woot the Wanderer interested himself in the matter the
Tin Woodman knew no more than we did. However, he found her, after
many thrilling adventures, as you will discover when you have read this
story.
I am delighted at the continued interest of both young and old in the Oz
stories. A learned college professor recently wrote me to ask: "For
readers of what age are your books intended?" It puzzled me to answer
that properly, until I had looked over some of the letters I have received.
One says: "I'm a little boy 5 years old, and I Just love your Oz stories.
My sister, who is writing this for me, reads me the Oz books, but I wish
I could read them myself." Another letter says: "I'm a great girl 13
years old, so you'll be surprised when I tell you I am not too old yet for
the Oz stories." Here's another letter: "Since I was a young girl I've
never missed getting a Baum book for Christmas. I'm married, now, but
am as eager to get and read the Oz stories as ever." And still another
writes: "My good wife and I, both more than 70 years of age, believe
that we find more real enjoyment in your Oz books than in any other
books we read." Considering these statements, I wrote the college
professor that my books are intended for all those whose hearts are
young, no matter what their ages may be.
I think I am justified in promising that there will be some astonishing
revelations about The Magic of Oz in my book for 1919. Always your
loving and grateful friend,
L. FRANK BAUM.
Royal Historian of Oz.

"OZCOT" at HOLLYWOOD in CALIFORNIA
1918.
LIST OF CHAPTERS 1 Woot the Wanderer 2 The Heart of the Tin
Woodman 3 Roundabout 4 The Loons of Loonville 5 Mrs. Yoop, the
Giantess 6 The Magic of a Yookoohoo 7 The Lace Apron 8 The
Menace of the Forest 9 The Quarrelsome Dragons 10 Tommy
Kwikstep 11 Jinjur's Ranch 12 Ozma and Dorothy 13 The Restoration
14 The Green Monkey 15 The Man of Tin 16 Captain Fyter 17 The
Workshop of Ku-Klip 18 The Tin Woodman Talks to Himself 19 The
Invisible Country 20 Over Night 21 Polychrome's Magic 22 Nimmie
Amee 23 Through the Tunnel 24 The Curtain Falls

Chapter One
Woot the Wanderer
The Tin Woodman sat on his glittering tin throne in the handsome tin
hall of his splendid tin castle in the Winkie Country of the Land of Oz.
Beside him, in a chair of woven straw, sat his best friend, the
Scarecrow of Oz. At times they spoke to one another of curious things
they had seen and strange adventures they had known since first they
two had met and become comrades. But at times they were silent, for
these things had been talked over many times between them,