The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertakenby the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, Thescarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter

The Tin Woodman once had a heart. Then a wicked witch enchanted his axe, and Nick Chopper of the Munchkin country became tin, piece by piece, until nothing but his consciousness remained. Now he rules a castle of gleaming metal, beloved by all, yet haunted by the girl he left behind: Nimmie Amee, the Munchkin maiden who waited for a fiancé who could no longer feel her kiss. When Woot the Wanderer arrives at his door, the Tin Woodman abandons his throne to find her, driven by a desperate hope: that somewhere in Oz, his heart might be restored. Joined by the illustrious Scarecrow and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter, he journeys through lands stranger and more dangerous than any in the original Wizard. What unfolds is Baum at his most poignant: a meditation on love after feeling, duty after loss, and what it truly means to have a heart when you can no longer trust it to beat. The Tin Woodman of Oz is a grown-up children's book, one that asks whether we are defined by what we feel or by what we choose to do despite feeling nothing at all.