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Tik-Tok of Oz

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First published: 1914
Pages: 154

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Introduction
2:44
Ann's Army
11:28
Out of Oogaboo
2:48
Magic Mystifies the Marchers
18:05
Betsy Braves the Bellows
5:14
The Roses Repulse the Refugees
6:16
Shaggy Seeks His Stray Brother
16:26
Polychrome's Pitiful Plight
17:01
Tik-Tok Tackles a Tough Task
15:32
Ruggedo's Rage is Rash and Reckless
15:41
A Terrible Tumble Through a Tube
13:44
The Famous Fellowship of Fairies
10:09
The Lovely Lady of Light
10:32
The Jinjin's Just Judgment
20:45
The Long-Eared Hearer Learns by Listening
13:10
The Dragon Defies Danger
9:07
The Naughty Nome
10:57
A Tragic Transformation
17:34
A Clever Conquest
12:58
King Kaliko
12:15
Quox Quietly Quits
10:25
A Bashful Brother
13:51
Kindly Kisses
11:44
Ruggedo Reforms
5:07
Dorothy is Delighted
18:41
The Land of Love
15:32

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About this book

Tik-Tok of Oz appeared in 1914 and was adapted from a stage musical called The Tik-Tok Man of Oz that Baum had been working on. The novel works through several entangled storylines. Betsy Bobbin and her mule Hank are shipwrecked off the coast of Oogaboo, a small country bordering Oz. Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo decides to conquer the world with an army that consists almost entirely of officers. Shaggy Man and Polychrome are on a quest to rescue Shaggy's brother from the Nome King.

The plotlines eventually converge in the Nome King's underground kingdom for a major confrontation. Tik-Tok, who functions almost like a steam-powered Sancho Panza throughout, is fully restored from his mistreatment in earlier books. The book introduces the Rose Kingdom, a small country populated by sentient roses, and the Land of Tititi-Hoochoo, ruled by the Great Jinjin. Betsy Bobbin is sometimes criticized as a less interesting Dorothy substitute, but the broader cast of Tik-Tok of Oz is unusually strong even by Baum standards.

About the author

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.