The Tin Woodman sat on his glittering tin throne in the handsome tin hall of his splendid tin castle in the Winkie Country of the Land of Oz."
The Emperor of the Winkies and his old friend the Scarecrow of Oz welcome their inquisitive visitor: Woot, the Wanderer, from faraway Gillikin Country. Soon tales are being told, and memories are flowing . . .
And before they know it, with Woot and the lovely Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter, the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow undertake an astonishing quest, in search of the Tin Man's lost love, Nimmee Amee -- from the days before he was metal!