<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="1">CORD WILJES:<BR>
>>>own a small book called "Donald Duck macht sein Glück" which describesDonald Duck's biography in a<BR>
>>>prose text with a few pictures. It is achildrens' book, published in 1976 and is a (free) translation from<BR>
>>>theFrench. This story is (C) Disney 1966:<BR>
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DENNIS BOOKS:<BR>
>>>Sounds like the book Cord Wiljes describes is a later printing of THE LIFE OF DONALD DUCK (1941).I<BR>
>>> thought it was an interesting read as it takes snapshots from many of the duck cartoon shorts. It is<BR>
>>>billed as "My only authorized biography (signed) d. duck".A facsimile of the 1941 classic book was<BR>
>>>released in 1994 by Applewood Books.Of special interest besides an accurate accounting of Donald's<BR>
>>>birth, it included:a recorded CD - with Carl Barks and Donald Duck in a fireside chat,a complete script <BR>
>>> of the recording,a mail in offer entitling the purchaser to a free cassette of the program and a greeting of >>> card by Carl."Anything for a duck"...Dennis<BR>
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CORD WILJES:<BR>
>>>The German edition only mentions the French edition as the copyright.<BR>
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In French pm 294, a looooong article is published, about Donald's history from 1932/1934 to 1994.<BR>
about the year 1979, we see a picture of the book "the life of Donald Duck, this is my only authorized <BR>
biography (signed) d. duck". a little text about it it written : "Première rétrospective de la carrière de Donald,<BR>
par Marcia Blitz, (Harmony Books). Une biographie plutôt fictive était déjà apparue en 1941." = "First review<BR>
of Donald's career, by Marcia Blitz, (Harmony Books). A rather fictitious biography already appeared in<BR>
1941."<BR>
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So:<BR>
The 1994 book Dennis told us about is likely to be the same than the 1979 book, because of Donald's signature.<BR>
But it's different from the 1941 book, according to Picsou Magazine (but I have still doubts, maybe it's a mistake from Picsou Magazine)<BR>
This makes at least two different biographies for Donald Duck.<BR>
About the 1966 French book, it's the same than the 1976 one for the illustration but the german translation<BR>
is free.According to Cord, the French one is the original. The only author quoted is "French text of C.<BR>
Ciccione", and the book is printed in Italy. My guesses are that there could have been an italian source for<BR>
both books. Anyway, this book cannot be the same than the 1979 one, (and so, neither than the 1994 one),<BR>
because it's mentionned as first publication by Picsou Magazine. It could be the same than the 1941 one<BR>
BUT there is another problem: it includes Bridgitta!!! Bridgitta didn't exist in 1941, and neither did scrooge!<BR>
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so, there are 3 different biography books!!!<BR>
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To them, we can add the 1960 Walt disney presents show "this is your life, Donald Duck", presented by<BR>
Jiminy Cricket. (and i think there has been a comicbook adaptation of the show by strobl)<BR>
the author of the 1966 book MUST have seen the show, as it also quotes several different cartoons of<BR>
Donald, such as the one with guardian angels...<BR>
that's 5 different biographies! I don't include the several stories taking place in Donald's youth! (Marco Rota, Strobl, Don Rosa,...)<BR>
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Finally, I found this interresting page on the web :<BR>
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-47991/lod.htm<BR>
I like the idea of an interaction between the author's world and the character's world...<BR>
But i don't agree with it :-)<BR>
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Don Rosa once posted my theory about Donald Duck's life:<BR>
http://stp.ling.uu.se/pipermail/dcml/2001-February/014561.html<BR>
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Maybe somebody who own some of the books quoted below could help us :-)<BR>
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Gilles Maurice<BR>
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