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Enhanced Video Content ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv I Oz and Its Creator: Inspiration for The Way of Oz 1: Survey of the Original Oz Book and 1939 Film 3 2: L. Frank Baum: An American Polymath 18 II The Way of Oz and Learning 3: Learning: An Integrated Perspective 59 4: Learning and Reading 69 5: Learning and Writing 76 6: Learning and Communicating 88 7: Learning and Traveling 110 III The Way of Oz and Loving 8: Loving: An Integrated Perspective 123 Contents 9: Loving and Others 125 10: Loving and Place 134 11: Love of Learning and Self 139 IV The Way of Oz and Serving 12: Serving: An Integrated Perspective 147 13: Serving Others 150 14: Serving the Nation and the World 153 V The Way of Oz and a Focus on the Future 15: Focus on the Future: An Integrated Perspective 161 16: Personal and Institutional Planning 164 17: Commitments to Diversity, Sustainability, and Understanding Science 175 18: Democracy and Serving the Planet’s Peoples 183 19: Personal Responsibilities 186 VI The Way of Oz and Humility 20: Humility: An Integrated Perspective 193 21: Humility among Other Virtues 197 Epilogue 203 Summaries of the Second through Thirteenth L. Frank Baum Oz Sequels 205 Biographical Chronology: L. Frank Baum, 1856–1919 221 Bibliographic Essay 225 Works Cited and Consulted 231 Index 245 ...