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The Last of the Clan McDuck is a comic story written and drawn by Don Rosa, with some creative input from Byron Erickson. It features Scrooge McDuck, Fergus McDuck, Matilda McDuck, Hortense McDuck, Downy O'Drake, Jake McDuck, Burt the Ditchdigger, Sir Quackly McDuck and, in flashbacks, Seafoam McDuck, Swindle McSue, Sir Eider McDuck and Macbeth.

Plot

Glasgow, Scotland. Wee Scrooge McDuck just turned 10 and is deemed able to work by his kind but very poor father Fergus McDuck; he subsequently wins his first coin ever as a shoeshiner. However, the coin in question is an american dime he can't possibly hope to spend in Scotland; as he has technically been swindled, it teaches him to be cautious when it comes to business. He later visits the abandoned castle that once housed the Clan McDuck during its hours of glory, and meets a peculiar keeper (actually Sir Quackly McDuck's ghost) who helps him fight off the Whiskervilles while also inspiring him to go to America to get rich again like his ancestors.

Continuity

The History of the Clan McDuck (1992) was originally created as a prologue to this story.
A younger Scrooge is seen collecting firewood and peat to sell them to the rich at "monstrous" prices, as he had mentioned he used to do in Uncle Scrooge and the Golden River (1958).

Behind the scenes

The Last of Clan McDuck is the first chapter of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. It was based on an earlier project of Rosa's, Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies, which was postponed by Byron Erickson's ordering of Life and Times and was eventually completed in 1994 as an additional chapter to the series. The Last of the Clan McDuck initially had a prologue, which was cut on Erickson's demand and has now been published in sketch form as The History of the Clan McDuck.

This story was first published in 1992 in the Norwegian stand-alone book Her it dit liv, Joakim. It was first printed in English in 1993 in Uncle Scrooge #285. It was later reprinted in Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #1, various hardcover editions of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and in The Don Rosa Library #4.

List of episodes of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

By Don Rosa

Side-Steps and Precursors
• Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies • Last Sled to Dawson • The Dream of a Lifetime •

The Original Saga

• I: The Last of the Clan McDuck • II: The Master of the Mississippi • III: The Buckaroo of the Badlands • IV: The King of the Copper Hill •
• V: The New Laird of Castle McDuck • VI: The Terror of the Transvaal • VII: Dreamtime Duck of the Never Never • VIII: King of the Klondike •
• IX: The Billionaire of Dismal Downs • X: The Invader of Fort Duckburg • XI: The Empire-Builder from Calisota • XII: The Richest Duck in the World •

Bonus Chapters
• III-B: The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark • VI-B: The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff • • VIII-B: The Prisoner Of White Agony Creek • VIII-C: Hearts of the Yukon •

Deleted Scenes & Other Bonus Content
• 0: The History of the Clan McDuck • III: Cattle Wars • VIII: The Phoenix of White Agony Creek • X: Teddy's Campaign • XI: The Girls Can't Help It •

By Others

Bonus Chapters
• I-XB: The Orphan's Christmas • VIII-XB: Dime Novels • VIII-XC: Clues of the Klondike • VIII-XD: Christmas on Wheels •

Side-Steps & Homages
• The Time Vortex • Scrooge vs. Scrooge •

Precursors & Inspirations

• Christmas on Bear Mountain • The Old Castle's Secret • Only a Poor Old Man • Back to the Klondike • The Fantastic River Race • Mush! •
• Black Wednesday • North of the Yukon • The Invisible Intruder • The Secret of the Glacier • Chairman of the Bored •
• An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck • Mark Worden's Duck Family Tree • Once Upon a Dime •

Adaptations

Music
• The Life ands Times of Scrooge McDuck: The Official Score •

DuckTales 2017
• The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains • The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck • The Richest Duck in the World

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 |artist(s)= [[Don Rosa|Keno Don Rosa]]
 |dates= 10th of August, 1992 <small>(release date)</small>
-}}'''''The Last of the Clan McDuck''''' is a comic story written and drawn by [[Don Rosa]], with some creative input from [[Byron Erickson]]. It features [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Fergus McDuck]], [[Matilda McDuck]], [[Hortense McDuck]], [[Downy O'Drake]], [[Jake McDuck]], [[Burt the Ditchdigger]], [[Sir Quackly McDuck]] and, in flashbacks, [[Seafoam McDuck]], [[Swindle McSue]] and [[Sir Eider McDuck]].
+}}'''''The Last of the Clan McDuck''''' is a comic story written and drawn by [[Don Rosa]], with some creative input from [[Byron Erickson]]. It features [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Fergus McDuck]], [[Matilda McDuck]], [[Hortense McDuck]], [[Downy O'Drake]], [[Jake McDuck]], [[Burt the Ditchdigger]], [[Sir Quackly McDuck]] and, in flashbacks, [[Seafoam McDuck]], [[Swindle McSue]], [[Sir Eider McDuck]] and [[Macbeth]].
 ==Plot==
 Glasgow, Scotland. Wee [[Scrooge McDuck]] just turned 10 and is deemed able to work by his kind but very poor father [[Fergus McDuck]]; he subsequently wins his first coin ever as a shoeshiner. However, the coin in question is an american dime he can't possibly hope to spend in Scotland; as he has technically been swindled, it teaches him to be cautious when it comes to business. He later visits the abandoned castle that once housed the Clan McDuck during its hours of glory, and meets a peculiar keeper (actually Sir Quackly McDuck's ghost) who helps him fight off the Whiskervilles while also inspiring him to go to America to get rich again like his ancestors.
+===Continuity===
+* ''[[The History of the Clan McDuck]]'' (1992) was originally created as a prologue to this story.
+* A younger Scrooge is seen collecting firewood and peat to sell them to the rich at "monstrous" prices, as he had mentioned he used to do in ''[[Uncle Scrooge and the Golden River]]'' (1958).
 ==Behind the scenes==
 ''The Last of Clan McDuck'' is the first chapter of ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''. It was based on an earlier project of Rosa's, ''[[Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies]]'', which was postponed by Byron Erickson's ordering of ''Life and Times'' and was eventually completed in 1994 as an additional chapter to the series. ''The Last of the Clan McDuck'' initially had a prologue, which was cut on Erickson's demand and has now been published in sketch form as ''[[The History of the Clan McDuck]]''.
 This story was first published in 1992 in the Norwegian stand-alone book ''Her it dit liv, Joakim''. It was first printed in English in 1993 in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #285. It was later reprinted in ''Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color'' #1, various hardcover editions of ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'', and in ''[[The Don Rosa Library]]'' [[Volume 4: The Last of the Clan McDuck|#4]].
+{{The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck}}
+[[it:L'ultimo del Clan de' Paperoni]]
+[[sv:Den siste av klanen von Anka]]
+[[el:Ιστορία: Ο Βίος και η Πολιτεία του Σκρουτζ Μακ Ντακ- Ο Τελευταίος της Γενιάς των Μακ Ντακ]]
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 [[Category:Sir Eider McDuck stories]]
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