The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. He tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland.
Cap'n Bill, a sailor with wooden peg-leg, and his friend, a little girl named Trot, set out from California on a calm day for short ride in the row-boat. A freak whirlpool capsizes their boat and pulls them under water, where they are carried by mermaids to a cave. The are soon joined by a flying creature called an Ork. Passing through a dark tunnel our of the cave, the three arrive at an island inhabited by a grim man calling himself Pessim the Observer. The story continues and gets very exciting ... buy and read more.
