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Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1929 · 36,973 words

Through the hidden Baron's realm, a pumpkin-headed companion carries a boy toward wonder.

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Introduction

Dear Boys and Girls: Did YOU ever hear of the Land of the Barons, of a Red Jinn or the City of Scares? Well, neither did I! Neither did Jack Pumpkinhead. But there they were all the time, and trouble brewing for everybody. And speaking of Jack Pumpkinhead, I've always suspected he was brighter than he appeared to be and had more in his head than pumpkin seeds and now I'm convinced of it.

Why, even when Jack lost his head, he kept on thinking, and a chap who can serve his country after he is beheaded and use his head after he has been officially executed deserves a place with the greatest celebrities of the day. So, no wonder this book is about Jack. If it had not been for him, Ozma would be polishing the palace piano and Dorothy and Betsy washing the dinner dishes, like as not, and all of the other famous folk swinging mops, brooms and dusters; slaves of Mogodore the Mighty, who descended from the Land of the Barons to capture the Emerald City.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1 — Peter and the Pirate's Sack
  3. Chapter 2 — The Chimney Villains
  4. Chapter 3 — What the Green Tree Said
  5. Chapter 4 — Scary Times in Scare City
  6. Chapter 5 — Peter Meets the Iffin
  7. Chapter 6 — The Bearded Baron Appears
  8. Chapter 7 — Belfaygor's Strange Story
  9. Chapter 8 — A Way to Cross the Chasm
  10. Chapter 9 — The Forbidden Flagon
  11. Chapter 10 — The City of Baffleburg
  12. Chapter 11 — In the Castle of Mogodore
  13. Chapter 12 — The Escape from Baffleburg
  14. Chapter 13 — The Enchanted Cavern
  15. Chapter 14 — High Times in Swing City
  16. Chapter 15 — Peter Opens the Pirate's Sack
  17. Chapter 16 — In the Palace of the Red Jinn
  18. Chapter 17 — The Capture of the Emerald City
  19. Chapter 18 — Mogodore Meets More Magic
  20. Chapter 19 — The Forbidden Flagon Acts
  21. Chapter 20 — The Wedding Feast
  22. Chapter 21 — Peter's Return to Philadelphia

About this edition

Source: Project Gutenberg #75720

Public domain: First published 1929; public domain in the United States.

What’s included: The complete text.

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