Ruth Plumly Thompson 3 hr 9 min read

There's not been so much excitement in Oz since the Scarecrow fell down his family tree: someone is actually daring to hunt the dear old jolly Cowardly Lion, as if he were a common man-eating beast.

Ruth Plumly Thompson's 1923 novel is a delightful entry in the beloved Oz series. Warm, whimsical, gloriously inventive. Read it for a rousing Oz adventure starring the Cowardly Lion, as the second Royal Historian of Oz sends readers on a merry chase full of new friends and marvels.

In its time

Published in 1923, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

3 hr 9 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

John R. Neill