The children's novel <i id="mwlA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Oz">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a></i>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="L. Frank Baum">L. Frank Baum</a>, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.<sup about="#mwt51" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_17#cite_note-8" id="mwlw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmA">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt48" class="citation book cs1" id="mwBy8"><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wonderfulwizardo00baumiala" id="mwBzA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBzE">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L.Frank Baum With Pictures by W.W. Denslow</i></a>. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co. 1900<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBzI">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBzM">February 6,</span> 2018</span> <span id="mwBzQ" typeof="mw:Entity">–</span> via Internet Archive.</cite><span about="#mwt48" class="Z3988" id="mwBzU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Wonderful+Wizard+of+Oz+By+L.Frank+Baum+With+Pictures+by+W.W.+Denslow&amp;rft.place=Chicago&amp;rft.pub=Geo.+M.+Hill+Co.&amp;rft.date=1900&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwonderfulwizardo00baumiala&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+17"></span></span>