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When was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz first published?

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Illustration by W.W. Denslow showing Dorothy comforting the Cowardly Lion on a yellow brick road, with Toto, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow nearby in a forest. — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, was first published in 1900.12