Baum Character Registry · Person / intelligent being
Unnamed Ferryman
A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.
Editorial identifierNarrative / historical individual
Registry
Character record
- Knowledge ID
- CHAR-0201
- Registry ID
- char-0201
- Canonical display name
- Unnamed Ferryman
- Naming status
- Editorial identifier
- Character type
- Person / intelligent being
- Participation
- Narrative / historical individual
- First matched appearance
- The Marvelous Land of Oz · Ch. 1
Oz Knowledge Base
First-class Knowledge entity
This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.
- Claims
- 0
- Relationships
- 0
- Historical Atlas events
- 0
Appearance Profile
Text-grounded appearance
Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.
Appearance Timeline
Appearance states
No enriched appearance state yet. The registry deliberately records “not yet extracted” rather than inferring hair, eyes, clothing, size, or materials.
Baum evidence
First matched textual evidence
a ferry-boat approaching from the other side of the stream. When the man reached the bank Tip asked: "Will you row us to the other side?" "Yes, if you have money," returned the ferryman, whose face looked cross and disagreeable. "But I have no money," said Tip. "None at all?" inquired the man. "None at all," answered the boy. "Then I'll not break my back rowing you over," said the ferryman, decidedly. "What a nice ma
Editorial notes
Identity handling
- Display label is editorial; it is not presented as a proper name supplied by Baum.