The Marvelous Land of Oz book. Unlike the original book, however, Dorothy is the protagonist rather than Tippetarius. The Marvelous Land of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). This and the next 34 Oz books of the famous 40 were illustrated by John R. Neill. The book was made into an episode of "The Shirley
Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States Oz novels. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was published in 1900, and was the first to enter the public domain in "1956". This allowed Reilly & Lee, the publisher of all the other Oz books (as well as Baum's other books) to issue their own edition of "The Wizard of Oz", which had previously been published by George M. Hill Company and later by the Bobbs Merill Company after Hill went bankrupt.. "The Marvelous Land of Oz", which was published in 1904, followed suit and entered public domain in 1960. All of Baum's subsequent Oz books, published between 1907 and