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{{Short description|1936 book by Ruth Plumly Thompson}}
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{{Infobox book
| name     = Captain Salt in Oz
| image    = captain salt cover.jpg
| caption =Cover of ''Captain Salt in Oz''.
| author   = [[Ruth Plumly Thompson]]
| illustrator = [[John R. Neill]]
| country   = United States
| language = English
| series    = [[List of Oz books|The Oz Books]]
| genre    = [[Children's literature|Children's novel]]
| publisher = [[Reilly & Britton|Reilly & Lee]]
| pub_date = 1936
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]])
| pages = 306
| preceded_by = [[The Wishing Horse of Oz]]
| followed_by = [[Handy Mandy in Oz]]
}}
'''''Captain Salt in Oz''''' (1936) is the thirtieth book in the [[List of Oz books|Oz series]] created by [[L. Frank Baum]] and his successors, and the sixteenth written by [[Ruth Plumly Thompson]]. It was illustrated by [[John R. Neill]]. The novel was followed by ''[[Handy Mandy in Oz]]'' (1937).

Captain Samuel Salt<ref>[[Jack Snow (writer)|Jack Snow]], ''Who's Who in Oz'', Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 185.</ref> (from 1931's ''[[Pirates in Oz]]'') sails the [[Nonestic Ocean]] and discovers Ozamaland, a legendary land of flying animals, as well as the famous White City of Om, and other places.

''Captain Salt in Oz'' is a rare Oz novel whose plotline takes place entirely outside the land of Oz and deals only indirectly with its inhabitants.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=A Brief Guide to Oz |date=2013 |publisher=Constable & Robinson Ltd |isbn=978-1-47210-988-0 |pages=56–57 |url=https://archive.org/details/briefguidetooz0000simp/page/56/mode/2up |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> (Compare with Baum's ''[[Rinkitink in Oz]]'', another volume in the series with a limited connection to Oz.)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hearn |first1=Michael Patrick |editor1-last=Cech |editor1-first=John |title=Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 22: American Writers for Children, 1900-1960 |date=1983 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=0-8103-1146-1 |page=312 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/americanwritersf0000unse/page/312/mode/2up |access-date=20 May 2024 |chapter=Ruth Plumly Thompson}}</ref> Salt goes from island to island, claiming them in [[Princess Ozma]]'s name.

''Captain Salt in Oz'' was the first Oz book to be published without any color illustrations since ''[[The Road to Oz]]'' in 1909. Reilly & Lee would continue to publish all remaining Oz titles without color illustrations, eventually including reprints of earlier Baum and Thompson titles.

==Reception==
''The Atlanta Constitution'' opined that "this particular book will appeal to boys more readily than girls as it has a very high spirit of adventure among strange people, in a still stranger land... The book throughout is interestingly illustrated with over a hundred sketches which will delight the heart of every boy of an adventurous spirit."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sneed |first1=Olin |title=Books and Their Authors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-olin-sneed/141892427/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=August 30, 1936 |page=45}}</ref> ''The Spokane Chronicle'' agreed that "Ruth Plumly Thompson comes through with the same high caliber writing for children exemplified by L. Frank Baum".<ref>{{cite news |title=Reviews of Late Books |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-spokane/141892508/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Spokane Chronicle |date=July 6, 1936 |page=16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg |no=56073 |title=Captain Salt in Oz}}
* {{librivox book | title=Captain Salt in Oz}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518065819/http://www.pumperdink.org/BCF/CaptainSaltInOz.html |date=18 May 2008 |title=A discussion of ''Captain Salt in Oz'' by Oz fans}}
* {{ISFDB title|id=864205|title=Captain Salt in Oz}}

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