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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
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    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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      The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - L. Frank Baum

      The Complete Works of

      L. FRANK BAUM

      VOLUME 6 OF 76

      The Road to Oz

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2015

      Version 2

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘The Road to Oz’

      L. Frank Baum: Parts Edition (in 76 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78877 110 8

      Delphi Classics

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      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

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      L. Frank Baum: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 6 of the Delphi Classics edition of L. Frank Baum in 76 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Road to Oz from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of L. Frank Baum, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of L. Frank Baum or the Complete Works of L. Frank Baum in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      L. FRANK BAUM

      IN 76 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Oz Works

      1, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

      2, The Marvelous Land of Oz

      3, The Woggle-Bug Book

      4, Ozma of Oz

      5, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

      6, The Road to Oz

      7, The Emerald City of Oz

      8, The Patchwork Girl of Oz

      9, Little Wizard Stories of Oz

      10, Tik-Tok of Oz

      11, The Scarecrow of Oz

      12, Rinkitink in Oz

      13, The Lost Princess of Oz

      14, The Tin Woodman of Oz

      15, The Magic of Oz

      16, Glinda of Oz

      17, The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

      Other Fantasy Works

      18, The Magical Monarch of Mo

      19, Dot and Tot of Merryland

      20, American Fairy Tales

      21, The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale

      22, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

      23, The Enchanted Island of Yew

      24, Queen Zixi of Ix

      25, John Dough and the Cherub

      26, The Sea Fairies

      27, Sky Island

      Non-Fantasy Works Under Baum’s Name

      28, The Daring Twins

      29, Phoebe Daring

      The Pseudonym Works – Fantasy

      30, Twinkle and Chubbins

      31, Policeman Bluejay

      The Pseudonym Works – Non-Fantasy

      32, Aunt Jane’s Nieces

      33, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad

      34, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville

      35, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work

      36, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in Society

      37, Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John

      38, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation

      39, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch

      40, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West

      41, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross

      42, The Flying Girl

      43, The Flying Girl and Her Chum

      44, Mary Louise

      45, Mary Louise in the Country

      46, Mary Louise Solves a Mystery

      47, Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls

      48, Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier

      49, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska

      50, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama

      51, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt

      52, The Boy Fortune Hunters in China

      53, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan

      54, The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas

      55, The Fate of a Crown

      56, Daughters of Destiny

      57, Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy

      58, Annabel, a Novel for Young Folk

      59, The Last Egyptian

      Shorter Fiction

      60, Our Landlady

      61, Mother Goose in Prose

      62, Animal Fairy Tales

      63, Uncollected Short Stories

      The Poetry Collections

      64, By the Candelabra’s Glare

      65, Father Goose: His Book

      66, The Army Alphabet

      67, The Navy Alphabet

      68, Father Goose’s Year Book

      The Poems

      69, List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

      The Plays

      70, The Maid of Arran

      71, The Wizard of Oz

      72, The Maid of Athens

      73, The King of Gee-Whiz

      74, The Pipes O’ Pan

      Baumiana

      75, Baum Related Articles and Pieces

      The Biography

      76, In Other Lands Than Ours by Maud Gage-Baum

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      The Road to Oz

      The Road to Oz was Baum’s fifth Oz book, published in 1909 by Reilly & Britton and illustrated by John R. Neill.  Baum dedicated the book to his first grandson, Joslyn Stanton Baum.  While taking a walk with her dog Toto, Dorothy Gale meets a wandering hobo known as the Shaggy Man, who carries the Love Magnet.  As they walk together, the road split into seven paths and they decide to take the seventh.  In short order, they meet a lost little boy named Button Bright and Polychrome, daughter of the Rainbow, who danced off the edge of the rainbow as it disappeared.  The four companions proceed to a variety of adventures, including visits to Foxville and Dunkiton, where intelligent foxes and donkeys live, respectively.  A couple of the friends undergo transformations.  Eventually they must travel across the Deadly Desert in order to reach Oz in time for Ozma’s birthday party on the 21st of August.  The party includes a great number of guests, including many from Baum’s other fantasies, such as Queen Zixi of Ix, John Dough, Chick the Cherub, and Santa Claus.  Baum later featured Button Bright and Polychrome in his 1912 novel, Sky Island.

      Front and back covers of the first edition of The Road to Oz

      CONTENTS

      1. The Way to Butterfield

      2. Dorothy Meets Button-bright

      3. A Queer Village

      4. King Dox

      5. The Rainbow’s Daughter

      6. The City of Beasts

      7. The Shaggy Man’s Transformation

      8. The Musicker

      9. Facing the Scoodlers

      10. Escaping the Soup-kettle

      11. Johnny Dooit Does It

      12. The Deadly Desert Crossed

      13. The Truth Pond

      14. Tik-Tok and Billina

      15. The Emperor’s Tin Castle

      16. Visiting the Pumpkin-Field

      17. The Royal Chariot Arrives

      18. The Emerald City

      19. The Shaggy Man’s Welcome

      20. Princess Ozma of Oz

      21. Dorothy Receives the Guests

      22. Important Arrivals

      23. The Grand Banquet

      24. The Birthday Celebration

      A copy of the abridged Junior Edition of The Road to Oz from 1939

      CALLING ON JACK PUMPKINHEAD (Chapter 16)

      To my readers: Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another Oz Book about Dorothy’s strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you wanted him to be there, and many other characters which you will recognize are in the story, too. Indeed, the wishes of my little correspondents have been considered as carefully as possible, and if the story is not exactly as you would have written it yourselves, you must remember that a story has to be a story before it can be written down, and the writer cannot change it much without spoiling it.

      In the preface to Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz I said I would like to write some stories that were not Oz stories, because I thought I had written about Oz long enough; but since that volume was published I have been fairly deluged with letters from children imploring me to write more about Dorothy, and more about Oz, and since I write only to please the children I shall try to respect their wishes.

      There are some new characters in this book that ought to win your love. I’m very fond of the shaggy man myself, and I think you will like him, too. As for Polychrome — the Rainbow’s Daughter — and stupid little Button-Bright, they seem to have brought a new element of fun into these Oz stories, and I am glad I discovered them. Yet I am anxious to have you write and tell me how you like them.

      Since this book was written I have received some very remarkable news from The Land of Oz, which has greatly astonished me. I believe it will astonish you, too, my dears, when you hear it. But it is such a long and exciting story that it must be saved for another book — and perhaps that book will be the last story that will ever be told about the Land of Oz.

      L Frank Baum.

      Coronado, 1909.

      1. The Way to Butterfield

      PLEASE, miss, said the shaggy man, can you tell me the road to Butterfield?

      Dorothy looked him over. Yes, he was shaggy, all right; but there was a twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant.

      Oh, yes, she replied; I can tell you. But it isn’t this road at all.

      No?

      You cross the ten-acre lot, follow the lane to the highway, go north to the five branches, and take — let me see—

      To be sure, miss; see as far as Butterfield, if you like, said the shaggy man.

      You take the branch next the willow stump, I b’lieve; or else the branch by the gopher holes; or else — —

      Won’t any of ’em do, miss?

      ‘Course not, Shaggy Man. You must take the right road to get to Butterfield.

      And is that the one by the gopher stump, or — —

      Dear me! cried Dorothy; I shall have to show you the way; you’re so stupid. Wait a minute till I run in the house and get my sunbonnet.

      The shaggy man waited. He had an oat-straw in his mouth, which he chewed slowly as if it tasted good; but it didn’t. There was an apple-tree beside the house, and some apples had fallen to the ground. The shaggy man thought they would taste better than the oat-straw, so he walked over to get some. A little black dog with bright brown eyes dashed out of the farm-house and ran madly toward the shaggy man, who had already picked up three apples and put them in one of the big wide pockets of his shaggy coat. The little dog barked, and made a dive for the shaggy man’s leg; but he grabbed the dog by the neck and put it in his big pocket along with the apples. He took more apples, afterward, for many were on the ground; and each one that he tossed into his pocket hit the little dog somewhere upon the head or back, and made him growl. The little dog’s name was Toto, and he was sorry he had been put in the shaggy man’s pocket.

      Pretty soon Dorothy came out of the house with her sunbonnet, and she called out:

      Come on, Shaggy Man, if you want me to show you the road to Butterfield. She climbed the fence into the ten-acre lot and he followed her, walking slowly and stumbling over the little hillocks in the pasture as if he was thinking of something else and did not notice them.

      My, but you’re clumsy! said the little girl. Are your feet tired?

      No, miss; it’s my whiskers; they tire very easily this warm weather, said he. I wish it would snow; don’t you?

      ‘Course not, Shaggy Man, replied Dorothy, giving him a severe look. "If it snowed in August it would spoil the corn and the oats and the wheat; and then Uncle Henry wouldn’t have any crops; and that would make him poor; and

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