The Lost Princess of Oz (Books of Wonder)简介，目录书摘

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The Lost Princess of Oz (Books of Wonder)

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内容简介:Princess Ozma is missing When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess.But Ozma isn't all that's gone missing. The magical treasures of Oz have disappeared, too, including the Magic Picture, the Wizard's black bag, and even Glinda's Great Book of Records. With no clues to guide them, Ozma's friends separate into four search parties and spread out across their vast country in a desperate quest for their absent ruler.Deep in the Winkle Country, Dorothy's search party is soon Joined by Cayke the Cookie Cook, who has lost a magic gold dishpan, and the amazing Frogman, a man-sized frog who walks on his hind legs. Together with these new allies, Ozma's friends learn that their valued possessions aren't missing but have been stolen by a mysterious villain. If their new foe is powerful enough to steal Princess Ozma and all of their magical treasures, how will they defeat him with no magic of their own?In this 1917 addition to the Oz series, L. Frank Baum delights readers of all ages with a spellbinding mystery that involves nearly every one of the amazing cast of characters that populate America's favorite fairyland. This handsome new edition--featuring all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates and nearly one hundred black-and-white drawings--is the perfect way to join Dorothy and her friends on this exciting journey through the endlessly intriguing Land of Oz.When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess. This exciting mystery -- featuring the twelve original color plates and one hundred drawings -- involves nearly every one of the amazing cast of characters that populate America's favorite fairyland.

作者简介: L. Frank Baum, Writer, born in Chittenango, New York, USA. A sickly child, he studied at home, became an actor (1870s), worked in the family oil business, then moved to South Dakota. While working as a journalist there, he wrote his first book, Father Goose: His Book, published in 1899 after he had moved to Chicago to work on a trade magazine for window decorators. It proved a success; but his next book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), was even more successful, and he adapted it for the musical stage in 1901. After travelling to Europe, he settled in Pasadena, CA (1902), where he turned out 13 more books in the Oz series and many other children's stories, mostly in the fantasy genre, using pen names such as Schuyler Staunton, Laura Bancroft, Captain Hugh Fitzgerald, Suzanne Metcalfe, Floyd Akens, and Edith Van Dyne. Although appreciated primarily as children's tales, the Oz books have also been read as incorporating Baum's views on American society.

　　 莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆（Lyman Frank Baum，1856年5月15日－1919年5月6日），美国作家、演员、报纸编辑，也曾是独立电影的电影监制。他生于纽约州，父亲是个桶匠，后来到宾夕法尼亚州开采石油并发了财。鲍姆的童年是在父亲的大庄园里度过的，他从小体弱多病，受到家人的特别关照。他对童话和幻想故事的迷恋几乎到了“白日梦”的程度，父母很担心这会影响他的性格发展，决心送他去军校。军校的严谨生活并没有改善他的性格，只导致他精神崩溃。父母只好把他从军校接回家，任由他发展自己的兴趣。
　　 《绿野仙踪》（The Wonderful Wizard of Oz，1900年，又译为《神秘欧兹国》、《奥兹国之伟大巫师》）是他最有名的美国儿童文学著作。此书后被改编为电影《绿野仙踪》（1939年）。在《绿野仙踪》大受欢迎之后，陆续创作奥兹国相关系列作品14本。
　　他的第一本童话著作是《鹅妈妈故事集》（Mother Goose in Prose，1897年），一生共有约60部著作。