The Magic of Oz™

Uncle Henry

Dorothy's uncle, a Kansas farmer, who in time comes to live in Oz.

First named in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 1

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife.

What the books say it is

  • species human worked out

    read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them — The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 23 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 1

    Dorothy is "only an Earth girl and no fairy" (The Lost Princess of Oz, ch. 23). Uncle Henry is Dorothy's uncle, the farmer who raised her on the Kansas prairie together with Aunt Em (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 1). So Uncle Henry is an Earth man too. The books never say it outright, because no reader needs telling.

  • origin a farmer in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, Dorothy's uncle 1 chapter
  • colour gray 1 chapter
  • hair quite white 1 chapter
    • He looked sad and lonely, and his hair was now quite white and his hands and face thin and wasted.
      Ozma of Oz, ch. 21
  • hair long beard 1 chapter
  • appearance sad, thin and wasted 1 chapter
    • He looked sad and lonely, and his hair was now quite white and his hands and face thin and wasted.
      Ozma of Oz, ch. 21
  • wears a ragged straw hat, a checked shirt and blue overalls 1 chapter
    • Uncle Henry, when the summons came, had been out in the barn "doin' chores." He wore a ragged and much soiled straw hat, a checked shirt without any collar and blue overalls tucked into the tops of his old cowhide boots.
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 5
  • wears a blue satin suit 1 chapter
    • Uncle Henry decided that he would first take a bath and then dress himself in a blue satin suit that had caught his fancy.
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 7
  • wears mourning clothes 1 chapter
    • Then Dorothy found, with the aid of the enchanted picture, that Uncle Henry had returned to the farm in Kansas, and she also saw that both he and Aunt Em were dressed in mourning, because they thought their little niece had been killed by the earthquake.
      Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, ch. 20
  • trait stern and solemn 1 chapter

Appears in

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
Ozma of Oz (2 of 21 chapters)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
The Emerald City of Oz (11 of 30 chapters)
Glinda of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4 of 24 chapters)
Ozma of Oz (2 of 21 chapters)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (2 of 20 chapters)
The Road to Oz (3 of 24 chapters)
The Emerald City of Oz (6 of 30 chapters)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (2 of 28 chapters)
The Scarecrow of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Magic of Oz (1 of 23 chapters)
Glinda of Oz (4 of 24 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
Grampa in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)

Connections

  • lives in Australia 1 chapter
    • The scene in the picture at once shifted to Australia, where, in a pleasant room in Sydney, Uncle Henry was seated in an easy chair, solemnly smoking his briar pipe.
      Ozma of Oz, ch. 21
  • lives in Kansas 1 chapter
  • lives in The Emerald City 1 chapter
    • Then came Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, Dorothy's own relations, two kindly old people who had a cozy home in the Emerald City and were very happy and contented there.
      The Magic of Oz, ch. 22
  • travels with Dorothy Gale 1 chapter
    • If any quarrels arose she decided them justly; if any one needed counsel or advice she was ready and willing to listen to them. For a day or two after Dorothy and her companions had started on their trip, Ozma was occupied with the affairs of her kingdom. Then she began to think of some manner of occupation for Uncle Henry and Aunt Em that would be light and easy and yet give the old people something to do.
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 18
  • married to Aunt Em 1 chapter
    • The best farmer in all Oz was Uncle Henry, who was Dorothy's own uncle, and who now lived near the Emerald City with his wife Aunt Em.
      Glinda of Oz, ch. 14

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