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Encyclopedia > Jack Pumpkinhead
cover of Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) by By Ruth Plumly Thompson

Jack Pumpkinhead is a character from the fictional Oz book series by L. Frank Baum. He first appeared in The Marvelous Land of Oz. Jack has a tall clumsy figure made from tree limbs and jointed with wooden pegs. He has a Jack o'lantern for a head which is where he gets his name. Image File history File links The original 1929 cover to Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz designed by artist John R. Neill. ... Image File history File links The original 1929 cover to Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz designed by artist John R. Neill. ... Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891-1976) was an American writer of childrens stories. ... Oz is an imaginary region containing four countries under the rule of one monarch. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author and the creator of one of the most beloved classics of childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... The Marvelous Land of Oz, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published in 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baums books set in Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... Jack-o-lanterns may be carved with a friendly face, above, a menacing sawtooth scowl, or any look in between. ...


Jack was made by a little boy named Tip to scare his guardian, an old witch named Mombi. However, when Mombi saw Jack she almost smashed him to pieces, but then she decided to test her new Powder of Life on him. The powder worked and Jack came to life. This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... Mombi is a character from the L Frank Baum Oz Books series, and appears in the book The Marvelous Land of Oz. ... Powder of Life is a magic substance from the Oz book series by L. Frank Baum. ...


In subsequent stories, it is revealed that Jack's head is mortal eventually rots. Jack spends much of his time growing pumpkins to replace his old heads. He then carves a new head, replaces the old one and buries it in a graveyard on his property.


Jack appears in the animated movie sequel Journey Back To Oz (which had a different outcome for the character), and the live-action movie Return to Oz. Journey Back To Oz is an official animated sequel to the 1939 MGM film The Wizard Of Oz. ... The 1985 film Return to Oz is the unofficial sequel to The Wizard of Oz. ...




The books | The authors (Baum | Thompson | McGraw | Volkov) | The illustrators (Denslow | Neill)
The film adaptations (The Wizard of Oz | The Wiz | Return to Oz)

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Jack Pumpkinhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (280 words)
Jack was made by a little boy named Tip to scare his guardian, an old witch named Mombi.
Jack spends much of his time growing pumpkins to replace his old heads, which eventually spoil and need to be replaced.
Jack appears in the animated movie sequel Journey Back To Oz (which had a different outcome for the character), and the live-action movie Return to Oz.
Jack Pumpkinhead & The Sawhorse Homepage (1892 words)
Jack Pumpkinhead is a comical character in the Land of Oz.
Jack was active, good-natured and a general favorite; but his pumpkin head was likely to spoil with age, so in order to secure a good supply of heads he grew a big field of pumpkins and lived in the middle of it, his house being a huge pumpkin hollowed out.
Poor Jack was standing directly under it and when the limb struck him it smashed his pumpkin head into a pulpy mass and sent Jack's wooden form tumbling, to stop with a bump against a tree a dozen feet away.
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