Description
Here is a Yankee in Oz book, by Ruth Plumly Thompson and originally published by the Wizard of Oz Club in 1972. This is the 2nd softcover printing of 1986 (plate 91 in Bibliographia Oziana). 33 years went by between Ruth Plumly Thompson’s previous Oz book and this one. Thompson took over the Wizard of Oz series from L Frank Baum. Oversized, 94 pages, with a great color cover and internal illustrations in black and white by Dick Martin.
The story begins with Thomas P. “Tompy” Terry, an athlete and musician son of a physicist, star drummer in his marching band at Pennwood prep in fictional small town, Pennwood, Pennsylvania, swept away by then-fictitious Hurricane Hannah on his way to the Labor Day parade. He lands on the shore of Winkie Lake, where he meets Yankee, the first American dog in space, a bull terrier delighted at his newfound ability to talk.
Book is in very good condition, clean and unmarked with just a little cover wear and corner bumping.
