Lyman Frank Baum: The Tin Woodman of Oz

The Tin Woodman of Oz - Lyman Frank Baum - This is the twelfth book in The Oz Series by L. Frank Baum. The Tin Woodman, whose real name is Nick Chopper, is unexpectedly reunited with the Munchkin Girl he had courted before he became a tin man. Sadly, she has a new love and no longer cares for him. As he attempts to regain her affection, Nick discovers a fellow tin man, Captain Fyter, as well as a Frankenstein monster-like creature, Chopfyt, made from their combined parts by the tinsmith, Ku-Klip.