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The Wizard of Oz is the first fantasy written by an American. Its evocative use of the forces of nature in its plots and produced powerful effect on the American imagination. The story follows Dorothy, a young orphaned girl raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm. She has a little black dog Toto, who is her sole source of happiness on the dry, gray prairies. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, is caught up in a cyclone and deposited in a field in Munchkin Country, the eastern quadrant of the Land of Oz. The falling house kills the evil ruler of the Munchkins, the Wicked Witch of the East.

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Lyman Frank Baum, an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which became an instant hit and is now considered one of the most memorable children's classics of all time. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works predicting many future inventions such as television, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), empowerment of women (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

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