Vol. 33, no. 3 (Winter 1989)
| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gessel |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund |
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin
Winter 1989 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
More Dragons of Oz
Ruth Berman follows up on Barbara Koelle’s article in the Spring 1983 issue to look at more dragons in Baum fantasies, as well as dragons in the Thompson, Neill, and Martin Oz books.
The Reluctant Retirement of a Royal Historian
Michael Patrick Hearn looks at the series of events that led to Ruth Plumly Thompson choosing to retire from the Oz books at the end of the 1930s. Excerpted from his introduction to the Oz Club’s reprint of her final Reilly & Lee Oz book, Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz.
The Loveridge Burglary
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reprinted from Short Stories in January 1900. Accompanied by new illustrations by Chris Sterling.
The Dust Jackets of Oz (Part 3)
Marc Lewis continues his bibliographical description of first edition dust jackets, this time for the Oz books published from 1940–63. This is the final installment of an article that started in Spring 1986 and continued in Spring 1987.
The Dreamer of Oz to Tell the Life of Baum on NBC Television
Michael Gessel gives details of the upcoming NBC TV movie, including interview quotes from producer David Kirschner.
Bibliographia Baumiana: The Master Key 1901
Bibliographia Baumiana provides bibliographical details of non-Oz works by Baum, occasionally updating past articles alongside new ones. This installment, by Patrick Maund, examines The Master Key. An earlier assessment of this title appeared in the Autumn 1968 issue.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman (non-fiction; reviewer Rob Roy MacVeigh)
The Wizard of Oz by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allen Woolf, edited by Michael Patrick Hearn (screenplay; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
The Munchkins Remember: The Wizard of Oz and Beyond by Stephen Cox (non-fiction; reviewer Jane Albright)
The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz, anniversary edition (non-fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
Animal Fairy Tales illustrated by Dick Martin (fiction; reviewer Judy Bieber)
Animal Fairy Tales illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull (fiction; reviewer Judy Bieber)
The Enchanted Gnome of Oz by Greg Hunter (fiction; reviewer Sean Duffley)
Dorothy and the Wooden Soldiers: A Color Yourself Story by Ken Romer (fiction; reviewer Chris Dulabone)
The Braided Man of Oz by R. K. Lionel (fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
Acinad Goes to the Emerald City of Oz by Candice Baca, Peter Kennedy, Danica Libutti, Naomi Maestas, Billy Sanchez, Randy Tappen, and David Tolzman (fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
A Viking in Oz by Chris Dulabone (fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)