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• 1 • Introduction (Baum's Road to Oz) • essay by uncredited
• 5 • The Wizard Behind the Plate: L. Frank Baum, the Hub City Nine, and Baseball on the Prairie • essay by Michael Patrick Hearn
• 28 •  The Baseball Player • interior artwork by W. W. Denslow [as by William W. Denslow]
• 45 • Why? • (1889) • poem by L. Frank Baum
• 45 • The Kids and the Goose Eggs. • (1889) • poem by L. Frank Baum
• 46 • Two Pictures. • (1896) • poem by L. Frank Baum (variant of "Two Pictures")
• 47 • "One Old Cat!" • (1899) • poem by L. Frank Baum
• 47 •  "One Old Cat!" • (1899) • interior artwork by W. W. Denslow [as by William W. Denslow]
• 49 • On the Road to Oz: L. Frank Baum as Western Editor • essay by Nancy Tystad Koupal
• 71 •  The Wizard of Oz • (1900) • interior artwork by W. W. Denslow [as by William W. Denslow]
• 75 •  Ozma of Oz • (1907) • interior artwork by John R. Neill
• 78 •  Dorothy • (1900) • interior artwork by W. W. Denslow [as by William W. Denslow]
• 107 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, January 25, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 109 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, February 1, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 111 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, February 8, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 114 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, February 15, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 116 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, February 22, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 118 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, March 15, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 120 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, April 5, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 122 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, May 10, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 125 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, October 18, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 126 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, December 6, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 129 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, December 13, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 131 • The Editor's Musings (The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, December 20, 1890) • (1890) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 134 • The Dakota Fairy Tales of L. Frank Baum • essay by Mark I. West
• 145 •  Twinkle and Chubbins (cover) • (1911) • interior artwork by Maginel Wright Enright
• 148 •  Prairie-Dog Town • (1906) • interior artwork by Maginel Wright Enright
• 149 •  Prairie-Dog Mayor's Luncheon • interior artwork by Maginel Wright Enright
• 150 •  Mr. Woodchuck (cover) • (1906) • interior artwork by Maginel Wright Enright
• 152 •  Judge Stoneyheart • interior artwork by Maginel Wright Enright
• 155 • The Discontented Gopher • juvenile • [Animal Fairy Tales • 3] • (1905) • short story by L. Frank Baum
• 158 •  The Discontented Gopher • (1905) • interior artwork by Charles Livingston Bull [as by Charles Livingston]
• 166 • What Children Want • (1902) • essay by L. Frank Baum
• 171 • Selected Bibliography (Baum's Road to Oz) • essay by uncredited