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Peace, prosperity, and happiness are the rule in the marvelous Land of Oz, but in a faraway corner of this magical domain dwell two tribes--the Flatheads and the Skeezers--who have declared war on each other. Determined to keep her subjects from fighting, the Ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma, along with her dearest friend, Princess Dorothy Gale (formerly of Kansas), embarks on a quest to restore peace. When the Supreme Dictator of the Flatheads refuses to cooperate with Ozma, she and Dorothy seek out Queen Coo-ee-oh of the Skeezers, hoping she will be more reasonable. But the queen imprisons Ozma and Dorothy in her grand city and then traps them by submerging the whole city under water. Now it is up to Glinda the Good to save the day. She assembles all of Ozma's counsellors--including such beloved Oz friends as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, Patchwork Girl, Shaggy Man, Tik-Tok, and Wizard of Oz--and they set out to rescue their friends. Will the magic powers of Glinda and the Wizard combined be enough to free Ozma and Dorothy? A rousing tale of suspense, magic, and adventure, Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth and final Oz book by L. Frank Baum. It's a grand conclusion to his chronicles of America's favorite fairyland. This deluxe gift edition features all twelve of Oz artist John R. Neill's beautiful color plates, along with his nearly one hundred black-and-white pictures, making it a perfect gift for all Oz fans, new and old.
Customer Review: My Oz set is complete!
We got the other 13 books a while ago in the Oz series and Glinda of OZ wasnt available. It came very quickly and is the edition I prefer, with the larger size page and full page artwork.
Customer Review: All good things...
...come to an end, so perhaps it's fitting that the last Oz book to be penned by L. Frank Baum was about Glinda, the good witch. This book always left me a little sad as a kid, thinking that it was the last of the original series. Baum seemed to really find his stride with in the last few books of the series, with such excellent installments at "The Lost Princess of Oz", "The Tin Woodman of Oz", "The Magic of Oz" and--of course--this one. Baum shows a lot of ingenuity in this book and the sinking of the city underwater reminds me of a work of science fiction--but of course, Baum has showed glimmers of this before, with the introduction of such characters as the robotic Tik-Tok. In many ways, Baum just seemed a bit ahead of his time, which is why, I suppose, his books remain so timeLESS.
Customer Review: The last and one of the best
The last by the original author of the series, this shows how peacekeeping ambassadors (Ozma and Dorothy) can become involved in a dispute and detained, their mission pushed aside by evil dictators. The Su-Dic and Queen Coo-eh-oh are vain, evil adversaries, causing a "war" between two of Ozma's populations. When Ozma and Dorothy try to reason with both parties they are rejected by one group, and taken prisoner by the other. Glinda and an entourage from the Emerald City must rescue the group, aided by three enchanted fish, who must first endure the odd cabin of Reera the Red, the Yookoohoo.
A great end to the original series, and these facsimile editions were long missing from juvenile libraries. Two generations missed the original Oz series when it was out of print for 25 years.
Customer Review: Glinda of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum
Glinda of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum is the last in the oz series that was written by Baum and is a splendid tale where we meet most of ourbeloved charachters like Ozma, Dorothy, Glinda, Jack Pumpkin, The Glass Cat and many other memorable ones. The story centers around Dorothy's and Ozmas attempt to avert a war between two tribes called the Flatheads and the Skeezers. The story takes many zany and crazy turns is a fitting conclusion to Baums oz series and I can not wait to read the rest of the oz books written by the other authors like Plumly Thompson and others.
Customer Review: L. Frank Baum writes his Final Book on the Adventures of Dorothy, Princess Ozma and Glinda in Oz
I was pleasantly surprised to find this book on the shelf at Books Kinokuniya, which I bought within the next 2 weeks and read within the next day or two. As many of you already know, this is L. Frank Baum's last writing of an adventure in Oz involving our beloved friends and characters before he died. But what many of you don't know is that this book is the 15th (yes, 15. I choose to count 'Little Wizard Stories of Oz' as part of the series, as it was written by him).
I quote form the Afterword: 'Baum finished 'Glinda' in February of 1918, only 3 months before his death in May, and 1 year and 1/2 before the book was published. Though Baum did not live to see 'Glinda' published, he seems to have written it as a farewell to Oz. Since he was quite ill writing it, Baum knew this might be his last oz book. Perhaps that is why he not only gave so many of his beloved characters a "final bow" in 'Glinda', but also used the book to tie up the loose ends of how magic works in Oz'.
In this adventure, Dorothy and Ozma's visit to Glinda reveals (through the Great Book of Records) that the Skeezers have declared war on the Flatheads. Despite Glinda's lack of knowledge on them and her urging for them not to go, Ozma insists on solving the war, as she is Queen of Oz, and Dorothy agrees to come along too, who is given a magic ring by Glinda in time of need (Chapter 1 has a lot of pages, possibly the most out of the entire book). In their journey to the NorthWest, they manage to escape a Spider King, get across a Valley of Mist thanks to the Mist Maidens and arrive at Flathead Mountain. Meeting the King, Su-dic (L. Frank Baum makes another wordplay), they learn how his Queen Wife Witch, Rora, is also involved in the war and manage to escape before being captured. They arrive at the Skeezers' Lake Glass Dome, and their meeting with the young but selfish and vain Queen Coo-ee-oh results in being her prsioners, but fortunately become friends with one of her maids, Lady Aurex. That night, the Flatheads' attack results in the Glass Dome sinking into the lake and Coo-ee-oh being turned into a diamond swan (but still she remains vain of herself), which means that she cannot return the Glass Dome to the surface, leaving Dorothy and Ozma trapped below, even though they try to find ways to break the enchantment. Glinda learns of their trouble and calls together Ozma's Counsellors, which consists of (almost) all the characters we have known, met and loved. Together, they decide to find and free Dorothy and Ozma from their imprisonment. Meanwhile, one of Coo-ee-oh's servants, a young boy named Ervic meets the 3 Magic Adepts, who have been transformed into fishes, thanks to Coo-ee-oh's theft, and follows their instructions, which leads to his meeting of Red Reera the Yookoohoo sorceress, while at the same time Glinda and the others arrive at the Skeezer Lake. Reera returns the fishes to their true forms, who, along with Ervic, return to the Skeezer Lake, where they meet Glinda, the Wizard and everyone else, who together attempt to free the captured citizens of the Glass Dome. Eventually, the 5 magical performers join up with Ozma, Dorothy and Lady Aurex in Coo-ee-oh's basement, where they discover the means of Coo-ee-oh's magic, which rises the Glass Dome back to the surface. Once returned safely, a new Queen of the Skeezers is crowned, and the Flatheads are given treatment in a way that will stop further trouble from arising from them.
I loved reading this book and adding this to my collection of Oz Books by Baum and others. Although, even though this was a great adventure, it also had a few mistakes and/or disappointments:
* The only characters who failed to appear in this adventure are Aunt Em (Uncle Henry appears instead), the Hungry Tiger, Billina the Yellow Hen and Eurika, Dorothy's Kitten (Dorothy does mention the colours of the cat though). One character I HATE having in the series is Mr. H. M. Woogle-bug, T. E. (Highly Magnified, Thoroughly Educated), appearing here as one of Ozma's Counsellors. The story would've had an improvement if the HUNGRY TIGER had replaced him insted, along with a final appearance by Aunt Em, Billina, and possibly as an extra delight, the Good Witch of the North.
* Another disappointment is the pictures. John doesn't draw enough pictures throughout the book, and many chapters only have 1, 2 or 3 images: the traditional 'chapter-title', a 'full colour plate' and 'end-of-chapter' images (although, it is nice having the 'chapter titles' going for almost 2 pages). John does a portrait of Glinda, and it gets published twice. Fortunately, some chapters do have 5 or so pictures. There are no images of Reera the Red or Rora in their true forms, and quite a few colour plates are placed in the wrong chapter (e.g. the colour-plate of Dorothy and Ozma being carried by the Mist Maidens is placed in Chapter 2, when actually that particular adventure is in Chapter 3). Also, John draws 2 images of Trot and the Patchwork Girl: one in colour, the other black-and-white (which is far better, which means his should've kept the b&w version and changed the colour one to something else). Also, pg 176 has the Scarecrow drawn without his nose! And I much prefer having Dorothy's hair being long and brown, with Ozma longer and golden (slightly curled). But Dorothy still has short blonde hair, and Ozma's dark hair is tied up, a bit like Glinda's portrait. Glinda should've been drawn with her hair out in ringlets instead of in a 'net'.
* A few other reviewers have said that Glinda doesn't have a big enough appearance in this book, although her role is magnified. I slightly do agree that she could've appeared and done more in the story, maybe doing a 'end-of-story-speech-to-Dorothy-and-Ozma', which may have been expected, but rememeber, L. Frank Baum was sick during the writing of this story, so perhaps he meant to, but couldn't get around to it without letting anybody know.
But there are a few good points that are interesting about this book. L. Frank Baum may have gone back to his play and taken a scene/concept of that production and put it in this book: Glinda of the South gives Dorothy a Magic Ring in time of need which helps start the Rescue Expedition, which is just like how in the 1902 Stage play of 'the Wizard of Oz' how Locasta, the Good Witch of the North, also gave Dorothy a magic ring, which was later used to call for help in the Poppy Field, which summoned the snow storm to destroy the poison flowers.
As you may have noticed, the Flatheads who live in the NorthWest in this 'Glinda' book, are not the same Hammer-Heads as encountered by Dorothy and her friends in their journey to Glinda in the South in the 'Wonderful Wizard' book, which was an odd surprise. They are two entirely different people with different bodies, despite the similar flathead appearance.
But despite the mistakes and small/unimportant disappoitments, this was still a fantastic book to read. I'm sure that this would be an even more fantastic movie, if given a few improvements and slight changes.
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