"The Invader of Fort Duckburg" is a 1994

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by Don Rosa. It is the tenth of the original 12 chapters in the series ''

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''. The story takes place in 1902. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1994-10; the first American publication was in ''

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'' #294, in October 1995.

Plot

The first three Junior Woodchucks are expelled from their former headquarters, the ruins of Fort Duckburg, recently bought by Scrooge McDuck. To reclaim the fort, they appeal to a "higher authority" by wire, which turns out to be an all-ears U. S. President

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William Henry Moody: They say a billionaire from
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has seized a military installation on the coast!
Roosevelt: Great jumping Jehoshaphat! The three dangers that I campaign strongest against -
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, foreign interference, and military threats to our shores - all rolled into one! Egad!

At the same time, the

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- Blackheart Beagle's sons, recently released from jail - invade the Fort to steal Scrooge's barrels of money, but they are interrupted when the Fort is surrounded by the entire

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and

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, as well as the Rough Riders, led by a furious Roosevelt in person. After an enduring battle fought pretty much against Scrooge alone, eventually the President's troops fold against the infamous temper of Scrooge's sister Hortense. Roosevelt charges through the gate alone, only for he and Scrooge to recognize each other from their meeting in Montana years ago and fondly share a weenie roast inside the fort, which Matilda glumly says is not what she and Hortense had in mind when they imagined their newly wealthy family being invited to dine with the President. When the McDuck siblings first arrive in Duckburg to inspect the property, Hortense also meets her future husband, farmer's son Quackmore Duck (

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's father).

External links

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''The Invader of Fort Duckburg'' on Duckman
Disney comics stories Donald Duck comics by Don Rosa Fiction set in 1902 1994 in comics Comics set in the 1900s Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck {{Disney-comics-stub