![]() ![]() It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956 Book Details Hill Company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale." Its groundbreaking success and the success of the Broadway musical adapted from the novel led Baum to write thirteen additional Oz booksthat serve as official sequels to the first story. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was originally written in 1899 and published in 1900. The book is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 live-action film.The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. Denslow, originally published by the George M. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. ![]()
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