- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey; Reprint edition (May 12 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345315863
- ISBN-13: 978-0345315861
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #769,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thompson does it again,
By Brenton Brookings (the Great Outside World) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cowardly Lion of Oz: The Wonderful Oz Books, #17 (Paperback)
I found "The Cowardly Lion of Oz" to be among thebest Oz Books ever written. Bob Up, an orphan teams up with Notta BitMore, a circus clown, to steal the Cowardly Lion for Mustafa ofMudge's lion collection. How they manage to run into the Lion andbefriend him, while still trying to fulfill their mission, makes for agreat story.
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"Cowardly Lion" stands tall!,
This review is from: The Cowardly Lion of Oz: The Wonderful Oz Books, #17 (Paperback)
In this wild adventure tale, a clown and a boy from the United States are forced to hunt the Cowardly Lion, who has left the Emerald City on a quest to prove his courage. But when the three finally meet up, they become friends, much to the displeasure of the evil Mustafa of Mudge, who wants the Cowardly Lion for his private zoo. Ruth Plumly Thompson's writing is full of puns, some clever, some just plain silly, but always amusing to read. Hopefully some publisher will someday put this book and most of her other Oz works back into print.
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Thompson does it again,
By Brenton Brookings - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Cowardly Lion of Oz: The Wonderful Oz Books, #17 (Paperback)
I found "The Cowardly Lion of Oz" to be among thebest Oz Books ever written. Bob Up, an orphan teams up with Notta BitMore, a circus clown, to steal the Cowardly Lion for Mustafa ofMudge's lion collection. How they manage to run into the Lion andbefriend him, while still trying to fulfill their mission, makes for agreat story.
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In the Southeast Corner,
By Paul Camp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Cowardly Lion of Oz: The Wonderful Oz Books, #17 (Paperback)
Let us talk a little about geography. Ruth Plumly Thompson's _The Cowardly Lion of Oz_ (1923) contains two excellent maps of Oz and its environs by James E. Haff and Dick Martin.* Oz itself is a roughly rectangular country surrounded on all sides by deadly deserts. It is divided into four triangular territories: Munchkin Country to the East (where Dorothy's house landed on the wicked witch), Quadling Country to the South (home of Glinda's Palace), Winkie Country to the West (home of the Tin Woodman's castle), and Gillikin Country to the North ( home of the Good Witch of the North). The Emerald City of Oz is in the center of Oz. Beyond the deserts are other countries almost as strange as Oz-- but not quite as pleasant. And beyond these countries is the Nonestic Ocean, filled with all sorts of strange ships, creatures, and islands._The Cowardly Lion of Oz_ is set in the little kingdom of Mudge in Munchkin Country, at the very southeast corner of Oz. There our heroes, the boy Bob Up and the clown Notta Bit More, are transported by a magic spell. And there they are forced by Mustafa ("Must Have It"), the spoiled and greedy local ruler to go on a lion hunt for a new lion to add to add to Mustafa's collection-- the Cowardly Lion. In the meantime, the Cowardly Lion is convinced that he is running out of courage and that he must replenish it by swallowing someone brave. He sets out to find a brave person who will not be missed. Thompson has a great deal of fun showing the Cowardly Lion being hunted by a pair of cowardly lion hunters. Of course, when they meet, they become fast friends. Thompson also does a good job of showing how Notta is a master of disguise-- but how he always manages to pick the _worst_ disguise possible for a given setting (such as a witch's costume when meeting Dorothy for the first time). And some of the places that our heroes visit are entertaining-- the land of Doors, the Land of Uns, and Stone Mountain. _The Cowardly Lion_ does not (as do some of Thompson's other books) end with a wedding. But it does end with the formation of a family. I suppose that somewhere out there can be found old fashioned traditionalists who would take offense at the portrayal of such a family. But such objections are likely to come from people who have no more sense of humor than a TVA board. * At least, they are available in the Del Rey editions of the novel. The maps are credited to Professor H.M. Wogglebug, T.E. |
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