The Salem Press Encyclopedia describes it as “the perfect fantasy for a nation recovering from the Great Depression” (Lewis, 2016). I believe that even then, through the techniques used to establish this theme, people of that era were learning that “there is no place like home” (Langley, Ryerson & Woolf, 1939). Although at that time the house was not very attractive anywhere in America. Even today, productions of the Wizard of Oz; originally a book, entitled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, are revamped and transformed into plays and musicals. In December of 2015, a musical known as The Wiz Live was released, with Dorothy continuing to let viewers know that "there's no place like home" (Langley, Ryerson and Woolf,