It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. In January 1901, the publishing company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. The book was first published in the United States on May 1900 by the George M. Hill Company.
Upon her arrival in Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West. The first novel in the Oz series, the story chronicles the adventures of a young Kansas farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a tornado. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow.
