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The Master Key

L. Frank Baum 
(1856 - 1919)

The Master Key was one of Baum's earliest full length fantasy books for children, published in 1901 just one year after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The protagonist, Rob, while experimenting in his workshop, accidentally summons up an electrical fairy who presents him with electrical devices so advanced as to seem magical. His gifts include a flying contraption, a stun gun, and something resembling an omniscient portable TV set. Rob travels the world, rendering assistance to European heads of state and narrowly escaping disaster at the hands of “primitive” cannibals, Turks and Tatars, pirates, and evil scientists who try to steal his inventions. It's great fun, despite the occasional use of racial stereotypes that reflect the values of its time.

Read by Judy Bieber

Run Time 3 Hours 40 Minutes in 3 Audio CDs

Section ---- Chapter ---- Run Time
1 01 - Rob's Workshop - 08:22
2 02 - The Demon of Electricity - 08:20
3 03 - The Three Gifts - 10:43
4 04 - Testing the Instruments - 11:54
5 05 - The Cannibal Island - 16:01
6 06 - The Buccaneers - 16:00
7 07 - The Demon Becomes Angry - 06:46
8 08 - Rob Acquires New Powers - 10:32
9 09 - The Second Journey - 06:00
10 10 - How Rob Served a Mighty King - 19:35
11 11 - The Man of Science - 09:16
12 12 - How Rob Saved A Republic - 08:43
13 13 - Rob Loses His Treasures - 12:52
14 14 - Turk and Tatar - 20:00
15 15 - A Battle with Monsters - 09:33
16 16 - Shipwrecked Mariners - 11:50
17 17 - The Coast of Oregon - 06:27
18 18 - A Narrow Escape - 09:49
19 19 - Rob Makes a Resolution - 03:41
20 20 - The Unhappy Fate of the Demon - 14:31

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