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Deadly Desert
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Land of Oz.
Deadly Desert
Oz is completely surrounded on all four sides by a desert which insulates the citizens of the Land of Oz from discovery and invasion. Although the desert is mundane in the first two books, in the third book, Ozma of Oz (1907), it is described as having life-destroying sands and noxious fumes, features that remain constant for the rest of the series. In the fifth book, The Road to Oz (1909), a sign is posted on the edge of the desert to warn travelers: