L. Frank Baum 2 hr 58 min read

Little Trot and old Cap'n Bill are carried down into the ocean depths by the mermaids, into a wondrous undersea kingdom, and toward a reckoning with the wicked magician Zog.

L. Frank Baum's 1911 novel, which introduces Trot and Cap'n Bill, is a delightful fantasy adventure. Warm, inventive, charming. Read it for classic Baum beneath the waves, a little girl and her sailor friend among the sea fairies, in a wondrous undersea adventure that later ties into the Land of Oz.

In its time

Published in 1911, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

2 hr 58 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).