The Tin Woodman of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum

Narrated by George Newbern

The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow are visited by a young boy named Woot who learns that the Tin Woodman was once a man who loved a young girl of Oz. Inspired, the three of them set off to find the girl.

This novel, the twelfth in the Oz series, provides backstory for the original novel and reversed a trend of declining sales for the series, perhaps as a result of a desire for nostalgia amid the carnage of World War I.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media Audio
• Release date: Mar 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781974941933

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) was a US author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker best known today as the creator - along with illustrator WW Denslow - of one of the most popular books in U.S. children's literature: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, including 55 novels, 82 short stories, and over 200 poems.

Reviews for The Tin Woodman of Oz

[saroz_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is my personal favorite Oz book. It's markedly more existential than any other book in the series, quite bizarre in places, and it focuses on my three favorite characters: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and Polychrome. There are at least two or three Baum Oz books that are objectively "better," in terms of their well-roundedness or their universal appeal, but I think this is still a very high-level volume (and it has some of Neill's very best art, too). Those who can appreciate it are absolutely right to do so.

[antiquary_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Includes the Tin Woodman and Captain Fyter who was a soldier who went through the same transformation at the hands of the same tinsmith.

[cbilbo-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have always been a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz. Growing up, I only knew of the actual movie. Then once I became an adult and started working on my Oz collection, I read the book.

Never knowing that there were several books in the series, I instantly stared downloading books and reading. Even at the age of 40 something, I love these books.

Your never too old to wander to Oz and live the crazy life that exist with Dorothy and her friends.

[rbeene-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A wonderful story. I love the friendship between the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow.