The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
A cyclone carries Dorothy from Kansas to a road of yellow brick. The companions she picks up all want something a wizard in a city claims he can grant.
Author
L. Frank Baum
Baum wanted American fairy tales that did not rely on the old European punishments. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the one that stuck: a road, a city, and a man behind a curtain.