Uncle $crooge: The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut
Story code: F PM 01201 c Publisher: Picsou First Published: February 2001 Pages: 26 Versions: Both single-part and serialized versions. Plot and story: Don Rosa Art and ink: Don Rosa Story-type: The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Chapter 10b Chronology: This story takes place in November 1906. Characters: Scrooge McDuck | Donald Duck | HD&L Duck | Hortense McDuck | Matilda McDuck | Theodore Roosevelt | Edith Roosevelt (US 1st lady) | General Esteban Locations: The Money Bin | Panama D.U.C.K.-dedication: On the small pile of dollar bills in the bottom of the image, on the right side of Scrooge. Skjerperen i Culebra DD&Co 39-41/2002 DD&Co - En kvart årgang [vol.11], Sept. 2003 (part 1) DD&Co - En kvart årgang [vol.12], Dec. 2002 (part 2-3) Brushanen fra Corte Culebra AA&Co 39-41/2002 En banbrytare i Panama KA&Co 39-41/2002 Comments: This story is chapter 10b of the Lo$-series and is set in Panama in November 1906, during Teddy Roosevelt's inspection of the Canal excavation. The secret purpose of his trip is to investigate a problem with the Canal Treaty - the French who had the previous lease sold the rights to one mountain to a certain nouveau-riche tycoon from Calisota who is blocking the Canal while he digs for gold with his two sisters. TR must secretly personally help the prospector find his treasure before the Panamanian General Esteban learns of the problem and uses it as an excuse to stage a military coup and seize the isthmus as dictator to the future of world trade. Interesting facts: Go to AC Sivebæk's The two worlds of Don Rosa to see the difference between the two versions.
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