L. Frank Baum released "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as a children's book in 1900. The plot centers on the exploits of Dorothy Gale, a small child who lives in Kansas with her aunt and uncle. Toto and Dorothy are carried by a tornado to the fantastical country of Oz. She turns to the Wizard of Oz, who resides in the Emerald City, for assistance in finding a means to go back home. She encounters a cowardly lion, a tin woodman, and a scarecrow along...