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Rinkitink in Oz
	The original 1916 book cover
Author	L. Frank Baum
Illustrator	John R. Neill
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Oz books
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Reilly & Britton
Publication date	1916
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Preceded by	The Scarecrow of Oz
Followed by	The Lost Princess of Oz

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Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum.^[1] It was published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist John R. Neill. It is notable that most of the action takes place outside of Oz, and no character from Oz appears in the book until its climax; this is due to Baum's having originally written most of the book as a fantasy novel unrelated to his Oz books over ten years earlier, in 1905.^[2]^[3]

Plot summary[edit]

Prince Inga is the son of King Kitticut and Queen Garee, who rule the island kingdom of Pingaree. Kitticut tells Inga that years earlier, when armies from the neighboring islands of Regos and Coregos attempted to invade and conquer Pingaree, they were repelled by Kitticut himself with the aid of three magic pearls. The blue pearl gives its bearer superhuman strength, the pink pearl protects him from any harm, and the white pearl speaks words of wisdom.

The jovial fat King Rinkitink of Gilgad arrives in Pingaree on royal holiday, and remains as Kitticut's guest for several weeks. Rinkitink usually rides Bilbil, a surly talking goat. One day invaders from Regos and Coregos arrive again, and seize King Kitticut before he can reach his magic pearls. All the people are carried into slavery, except Inga and Rinkitink who escape along with Bilbil. Inga resolves to free his people with the aid of the magic pearls. Keeping the pearls secret from Rinkitink, he hides them in his shoes, and the three sail to Regos.

The wicked King Gos of Regos and his army are easily defeated by the strength and invulnerability of Inga, and they flee to the neighboring island of Coregos, ruled by the equally wicked Queen Cor. Inga and Rinkitink sleep in the palace, but the next morning both shoes along with the pink and blue pearls they contain are accidentally lost. The shoes are found by a poor charcoal burner, who takes them home to give to his daughter Zella. Queen Cor arrives on Regos and captures the now powerless Inga and Rinkitink, and brings them back to Coregos.

Zella, wearing the shoes but unaware of the power they convey, travels to the palace on Coregos to sell honey to Queen Cor. Inga sees her and, recognizing her shoes, trades shoes with her. Again possessing the pearls, he overpowers Cor who escapes and flees to Regos. Inga frees the enslaved people of Pingaree, who sail back home. However his parents are still captives of Gos and Cor, who take them to the neighboring country of the subterranean Nomes, and pay the Nome King Kaliko to use his magic to keep them captive.

Inga, Rinkitink and Bilbil arrive in the Nome Kingdom. For safety, Rinkitink carries the pink pearl which confers invulnerability. The Nome King refuses to release Inga's parents because of his promise to Cor and Gos, although he claims to bear no animosity toward the travelers. Rinkitink and Inga sleep in the Nome King's palace that night, but in the morning Kaliko attempts to kill both of them by various devious traps. Both escape by means of the power of the pearls they carry.

In Oz, Dorothy learns of these events and travels to the Nome Kingdom with the Wizard of Oz to confront Kaliko. She forces him to release Inga's parents. Reunited with Inga, they all travel to Oz. The Wizard discovers that Bilbil is actually Prince Bobo of Boboland who has been turned into a goat by a cruel magician. He and Glinda are able to restore him to human form, which also cures his disagreeable disposition.

Inga, his parents, Rinkitink, and Bobo return to the rebuilt island of Pingaree. Soon afterwards, a boat arrives from Gilgad to take Rinkitink back home. Rinkitink objects that he does not want to return to his royal duties, but eventually is persuaded to return, accompanied by his friend Prince Bobo.

Reissues[edit]

In 1939, Rinkitink in Oz was one of six Oz books specially reissued by Rand McNally in a condensed, small-format "junior edition" for young readers, as a promotion for the MGM film of The Wizard of Oz.

According to A Brief Guide to Oz, a "brief racial insult — a tottenhot is a lesser form of man - has been excised from some later editions."^[4]

References[edit]

^ Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Introduction, by Joe Bongiorno, to King Rinkitink, which consists mostly of the original text from Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum, but has a different ending which does not involve anyone from the land of Oz, written by Andrew J. Heller, who hoped to make his ending as similar as possible to the ending Baum would have written if he had finished King Rinkitink; this was in order to win a contest arranged, and judged, by the publishers, which are The International Wizard of Oz Club and the "Royal Publisher of Oz". Heller's contribution to it (chapters 20-25) is copyright 2017, to him. The new illustrations are also copyright, held by the new illustrator Javi Laparra. The original text by Baum and the original illustrations by Jno. R. Neill are now in the public domain.
^ Riley, Michael O. (1997). Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum. University Press of Kansas. p. 199. ISBN 978-0700609338.
^ Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

External links[edit]

Rinkitink in Oz at Project Gutenberg
Rinkitink in Oz public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Rinkitink in Oz at Open Library
Rinkitink in Oz title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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[1] Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[2] Introduction, by Joe Bongiorno, to King Rinkitink, which consists mostly of the original text from Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum, but has a different ending which does not involve anyone from the land of Oz, written by Andrew J. Heller, who hoped to make his ending as similar as possible to the ending Baum would have written if he had finished King Rinkitink; this was in order to win a contest arranged, and judged, by the publishers, which are The International Wizard of Oz Club and the "Royal Publisher of Oz". Heller's contribution to it (chapters 20-25) is copyright 2017, to him. The new illustrations are also copyright, held by the new illustrator Javi Laparra. The original text by Baum and the original illustrations by Jno. R. Neill are now in the public domain.

[3] Riley, Michael O. (1997). Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum. University Press of Kansas. p. 199. ISBN 978-0700609338.

[4] Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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-'''''Rinkitink in Oz: Wherein is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles that Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz.''''' is the tenth [[The Oz books|book]] in the [[Land of Oz]] series written by [[L. Frank Baum]]. Published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist [[John R. Neill]], it is significant that no one from Oz appears in the book until its [[climax (narrative)|climax]]; this is due to Baum's having originally written most of the book as an original fantasy novel over ten years earlier, in 1905. Most of the action takes place on three islands&nbsp;– Pingaree, Regos, and Coregos&nbsp;– and within the [[Nome King]]'s caverns. Since the original ruler of the nomes, [[Nome King|Roquat]]&nbsp;– who later renamed himself [[Nome King|Ruggedo]], was deposed in 1914's ''[[Tik-Tok of Oz]]'', Baum had to cleverly rework the tale to accommodate his successor, the well-intentioned&nbsp;– but politically motivated&nbsp;– [[List of Oz characters#Kaliko|Kaliko]].
+'''''Rinkitink in Oz''''' is the tenth book in the [[List of Oz books|Oz series]] written by [[L. Frank Baum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=A Brief Guide to Oz |date=2013 |publisher=Constable & Robinson Ltd |isbn=978-1-47210-988-0 |pages=41-42 |url=https://archive.org/details/briefguidetooz0000simp/page/40/mode/2up |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> It was published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist [[John R. Neill]]. It is notable that most of the action takes place outside of Oz, and no character from Oz appears in the book until its [[climax (narrative)|climax]]; this is due to Baum's having originally written most of the book as a fantasy novel unrelated to his Oz books over ten years earlier, in 1905.<ref>Introduction, by Joe Bongiorno, to ''King Rinkitink'', which consists mostly of the original text from ''Rinkitink in Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, but has a different ending which does not involve anyone from the land of Oz, written by Andrew J. Heller, who hoped to make his ending as similar as possible to the ending Baum would  have written if he had finished ''King Rinkitink''; this was in order to win a contest arranged, and judged, by the publishers, which are The International Wizard of Oz Club and the "Royal Publisher of Oz". Heller's contribution to it (chapters 20-25) is copyright 2017, to him.  The new illustrations are also copyright, held by the new illustrator Javi Laparra. The original text by Baum and the original illustrations by Jno. R. Neill are now in the public domain.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Riley |first1=Michael O. |title=Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum |date=1997 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0700609338 |page=199}}</ref>
-The book was dedicated to the author's newborn grandson Robert Alison Baum, the first child of the author's second son Robert Stanton Baum.
 ==Plot summary==
-Pingaree is an island in the Nonestic Ocean that surrounds the fairy countries that encircle the [[Deadly Desert]] that surrounds the Land of Oz. Many years before this story begins, the armies of Regos and Coregos sought to invade Pingaree, but their advance was repelled by Pingaree's king with the help of three [[magic (paranormal)|magic]] [[pearl]]s given to him by the Mermaids. The Blue Pearl gave the king [[superhuman]] strength, the Pink Pearl protected him from any form of harm, and the White Pearl provided words of wisdom that only he could hear. Buoyed by the Pearl's magic powers, the king of Pingaree led his people to victory and the invaders from Regos and Coregos drowned on the return trip.
+Prince Inga is the son of King Kitticut and Queen Garee, who rule the island kingdom of Pingaree. Kitticut tells Inga that years earlier, when armies from the neighboring islands of Regos and Coregos attempted to invade and conquer Pingaree, they were repelled by Kitticut himself with the aid of three magic pearls. The blue pearl gives its bearer superhuman strength, the pink pearl protects him from any harm, and the white pearl speaks words of wisdom.
+The jovial fat King Rinkitink of Gilgad arrives in Pingaree on royal holiday, and remains as Kitticut's guest for several weeks. Rinkitink usually rides Bilbil, a surly talking goat. One day invaders from Regos and Coregos arrive again, and seize King Kitticut before he can reach his magic pearls. All the people are carried into slavery, except Inga and Rinkitink who escape along with Bilbil. Inga resolves to free his people with the aid of the magic pearls. Keeping the pearls secret from Rinkitink, he hides them in his shoes, and the three sail to Regos.
-At the beginning of ''Rinkitink in Oz'' King Kitticut and Queen Garee, the son and daughter-in-law of the victorious king are introduced. Their son Inga is coming of age to learn the secret of the pearls, and one day Kitticut reveals their secret hiding place to Inga. The next day, a royal visitor arrives at the island: King Rinkitink of Gilgad, a jovial and pleasantly plump fellow on royal holiday, who remains on the island as Kitticut's guest for several weeks. Rinkitink's companion, other than the rowers from Gilgad, is a surly [[goat]] named Bilbil who seems to be Rinkitink's opposite in attitude.
+The wicked King Gos of Regos and his army are easily defeated by the strength and invulnerability of Inga, and they flee to the neighboring island of Coregos, ruled by the equally wicked Queen Cor. Inga and Rinkitink sleep in the palace, but the next morning both shoes along with the pink and blue pearls they contain are accidentally lost. The shoes are found by a poor charcoal burner, who takes them home to give to his daughter Zella. Queen Cor arrives on Regos and captures the now powerless Inga and Rinkitink, and brings them back to Coregos.
-Invaders from Regos and Coregos come again to Pingaree and seize the king before he can grab the pearls. All of the buildings are torn down, and all of the people are carried into [[slavery]]. The only ones remaining on the island are Inga, who was able to successfully hide by climbing a tree, Rinkitink, who escaped his pursuers by falling into a well, and Bilbil the goat whom the invaders did not see any value of. Inga realizes the only way he will be able to free his family and people is with the help of the magic pearls, so he comes to the palace floor to retrieve them. To make sure the pearls are not lost, he hides one each in the toes of his shoes and carries the speaking White Pearl with him. The White Pearl guides him to a boat the following morning, which he, Bilbil, and Rinkitink begin to row toward the island of Regos.
+Zella, wearing the shoes but unaware of the power they convey, travels to the palace on Coregos to sell honey to Queen Cor. Inga sees her and, recognizing her shoes, trades shoes with her. Again possessing the pearls, he overpowers Cor who escapes and flees to Regos. Inga frees the enslaved people of Pingaree, who sail back home. However his parents are still captives of Gos and Cor, who take them to the neighboring country of the subterranean Nomes, and pay the Nome King [[List of Oz characters (created by Baum)|Kaliko]] to use his magic to keep them captive.
-Regos and Coregos are respectively ruled by a wicked king and queen, King Gos and Queen Cor. These two ruthless tyrants see no reason they cannot capture and enslave Inga and his companions as they did the rest of Pingaree's inhabitants. However, none of King Gos of Regos' forces can lay a hand on Inga, Rinkitink, or Bilbil when they are touching each other due to the Pink Pearl's power. They stride into the royal palace with the strength conferred by the Blue Pearl and force Gos and his evil forces to flee the island to Coregos and then free the king's slaves.
+Inga, Rinkitink and Bilbil arrive in the Nome Kingdom. For safety, Rinkitink carries the pink pearl which confers invulnerability. The Nome King refuses to release Inga's parents because of his promise to Cor and Gos, although he claims to bear no animosity toward the travelers. Rinkitink and Inga sleep in the Nome King's palace that night, but in the morning Kaliko attempts to kill both of them by various devious traps. Both escape by means of the power of the pearls they carry.
-Inga and Rinkitink wake the next morning to find the Pink Pearl is gone&nbsp;– it was in the shoe that Rinkitink carelessly threw at a howling cat the previous night. While out searching for the lost shoe, the royal maid cleans their room and, finding the other shoe with no mate, assumed it was discarded and disposed of it accordingly&nbsp;– and with it, the blue pearl. At a complete loss, Inga tells Rinkitink about the power of the Pearls and, at the advice of the white pearl, attempts to bluff Gos and his wife, Queen Cor, into believing he still has the power of the Pearls. Cor uses diplomacy and trickery to capture him and Rinkitink and bring them to serve her on Coregos.
+In Oz, [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] learns of these events and travels to the Nome Kingdom with the [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]] to confront Kaliko. She forces him to release Inga's parents. Reunited with Inga, they all travel to Oz. The Wizard discovers that Bilbil is actually Prince Bobo of Boboland who has been turned into a goat by a cruel magician. He and [[Glinda the Good Witch|Glinda]] are able to restore him to human form, which also cures his disagreeable disposition.
-Nikobob, a poor woodchopper who resides on Regos, finds the discarded shoes (unaware that they contain the Blue and Pink Pearls) and plans to give them to his daughter Zella. While he has the shoes, however, he encounters the giant worm Choggenmugger and chops it into pieces&nbsp;– something he couldn't do without the pearls. Zella is wearing the shoes with the pearls inside when she delivers [[honey]] to Queen Cor on Coregos, Inga recognizes the shoes, and he offers his new shoes to Zella in exchange for his old ones. Now with the Pearls in his possession, he defeats Cor and sends her fleeing to Regos with the captive Queen Garee. The captives from Pingaree and all the other places the invaders have been are freed and sent home&nbsp;– except for Inga's parents.
+Inga, his parents, Rinkitink, and Bobo return to the rebuilt island of Pingaree. Soon afterwards, a boat arrives from Gilgad to take Rinkitink back home. Rinkitink objects that he does not want to return to his royal duties, but eventually is persuaded to return, accompanied by his friend Prince Bobo.
-To consolidate the situation of Regos and Coregos, Inga offers to make Nikobob [[monarch|king]] of the islands, which he adamantly refuses. He instead asks to go himself with his family to Pingaree. They learn from a palace guard that Gos and Cor took King Kitticut and Queen Garee to the underground caverns of the [[Nome King]], and Inga, Rinkitink, and Bilbil set out after them.
+==Reissues==
-[[Image:ozjunior10.jpg|thumb|right|The cover to the 1939 junior edition.]]
+In 1939, ''Rinkitink in Oz'' was one of six Oz books specially reissued by [[Rand McNally]] in a condensed, small-format "junior edition" for young readers, as a promotion for the [[MGM]] film of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
-Although Kaliko is a kinder Nome King than the previous one, he proves to be a politician who "prefers to deal with the strong." Kaliko considers himself bound by his word to King Gos and Queen Cor and has Kitticut and Garee kept prisoner. Before Inga, Rinkitink, and Bilbil enter the underground kingdom, Rinkitink asks Inga to loan him the Pink Pearl in case they are separated. They are welcomed cordially enough by the Nomes and spend the night underground, but the next day Rinkitink and Bilbil have an audience with King Kaliko who is unable to harm them together while Inga works his way through the Three Trick Caverns with his strength and the White Pearl's Wisdom.
+According to ''A Brief Guide to Oz'', a "brief racial insult — a tottenhot is a lesser form of man - has been excised from some later editions."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=A Brief Guide to Oz |date=2013 |publisher=Constable & Robinson Ltd |isbn=978-1-47210-988-0 |page=42 |url=https://archive.org/details/briefguidetooz0000simp/page/42/mode/2up |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
-[[Princess Ozma]], the ruler of Oz, is viewing what's happening to Inga, Rinkitink, and Bilbil through her Magic Picture and [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] and the [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]] go to confront King Kaliko and resolve the entire matter. Dorothy herself carries a basket of [[Egg (food)|egg]]s to keep the Nomes from attacking her (as eggs are poisonous to the Nomes). Upon her arrival, Dorothy delivers stunning news to Kaliko: King Gos and Queen Cor are dead&nbsp;– a storm at sea wrecked their boat on their return trip to Regos and Coregos leaving the two evil rulers to drown in the Nonestic Ocean (according to Glinda's Book of Records). Kaliko, although shocked by the news, still refuses to release Kitticut and Garee. At that point, Dorothy pulls the cover off her basket revealing the eggs, and a frightened Kaliko immediately orders the release of Inga's parents. The reunited father, mother, and son with Bilbil and Rinkitink journey to the [[Emerald City]], where it is revealed that Bilbil is actually enchanted himself.
+==References==
-The Wizard asks Bilbil how it is that he is able to talk when he is not from, nor ever visited, the Land of Oz. The Wizard learns that the crusty goat is actually Prince Bobo of Boboland, and the enchanter who transformed him into a goat is long since dead; however, [[Glinda the Good Witch|Glinda]] is able to change him back to human form. This also cures his bad disposition, which was a cover for Bobo/Bilbil's ill feelings. After a celebration, Kitticut, Garee, Inga, Rinkitink, and Bobo return to the rebuilt island of Pingaree for a victory celebration. Soon afterwards, to his sadness, Rinkitink learns that must return home to Gilgad and fulfill his duties as their king...but accompanied by his friend Prince Bobo.
+{{Reflist}}
-==Reissue==
+==External links==
-In 1939, ''Rinkitink in Oz'' was one of six Oz books specially reissued by [[Rand McNally]] in a condensed, small-format "junior edition" for young readers, as a promotion for the [[MGM]] film of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
-==External links==
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