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The Story of Ferdinand: Munro Leaf: 1 (A Faber heritage picture book)

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APR 2016 - Love, Love, Love this book. As a little girl, I carried this book everywhere. I did not know at that time that Ferdinand was all about seizing his day and enjoying it in the way most suitable to himself. Such a smart bull! In Nazi Germany, Hitler burned the translation for being "degenerate democratic propaganda." When Berlin fell in 1945, 30,000 copies were immediately printed and freely distributed among the children in a mission of peace. In its 50 years, it has been translated into 60 languages and is said to have sold at least 2.5 million copies world-wide. It has been pirated -- and rewritten -- in the Soviet Union. It was the only American children's book available in Stalinist Poland, and a square in Warsaw has been renamed "Ferdinand." It remained banned in Spain until Franco's death. After the corrida, he appeared on the cover of the July 4 issue of the popular women’s weekly Estampa alongside a beautiful woman embracing him snugly while holding his horn.

One day men show up to choose the fiercest, scariest, strongest bull to fight in the big bullfight in Madrid, Spain. All of the other bulls ran, jumped and charged to show the men how fierce and strong they were. But it is Ferdinand who is chosen after being stung by a bee and flying through the air, running, snorting and pawing the ground. Ferdinand is taken to the big bullring in Madrid. Many people are there along with many ladies with beautiful flowers in their hair. The Matador, Banderilleros and the Picadores all march into the ring, holding their spears and posturing. All are excited to see the bull get gored and blooded and finally die. The day he is taken to the bull ring, he models for the violence-hungry crowd — as he would for millions of readers in the century since — a saner way of being in an insane world. This book is more interesting for having read more stories - especially the Hemingway, as above, and also about the cow that wants to be eaten in Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the comedy SF incarnation of a philosophical problem. Possibly the literary descendant of Ferdinand's peers - but something that, to me, was instantly interesting as a teenager, in the way Leaf's story hadn't been, half a short lifetime earlier. In 1938, Life magazine called Ferdinand "the greatest juvenile classic since Winnie the Pooh " and suggested that "three out of four grownups buy the book largely for their own pleasure and amusement". [1] The article also noted that Ferdinand was accused of being a political symbol, noting that "too-subtle readers see in Ferdinand everything from a fascist to a pacifist to a burlesque sit-down striker". [1] Others labelled the work "as promoting fascism, anarchism, and communism". [4] The Cleveland Plain Dealer "accused the book of corrupting the youth of America" while The New York Times downplayed the possible political allegories, insisting the book was about being true to oneself. [6] Brodesser-Akner, Claude (February 18, 2011). "Fox, Ice Age Director Bullish on The Story of Ferdinand". New York . Retrieved February 19, 2011.

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The story was released as an audio recording in 1967 by Scholastic Records (CC 0606) as a 7" 33-1/3 RPM LP. The story was narrated by former professional boxing champion Juan Nazario with music composed, arranged and conducted by Arthur Rubenstein. [29]

Lt Col Harrach added "I seized the Archduke by the collar, to stop his head dropping forward, and asked him if he was in great pain. He answered me quite distinctly, 'It's nothing!' Nine men had set out to kill the archduke that day. Only two made an attempt on his life, Nedjelko Cabrinovic and Gavrilo Princip. Both were immediately arrested and, under questioning, eventually gave up the names of their co-conspirators. Ferdinand movie review & film summary (2017) | Roger Ebert". Archived from the original on November 27, 2020 . Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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Leaf, Munro, Disney Illustrators. "Walt Disney's Ferdinand the Bull." New York: Dell Publishing, 1938. The Story of Ferdinand was Leaf and Lawson’s quiet, courageous act of persuasion — a testament to Ursula K. Le Guin’s insistence that what imaginative art and storytelling give us is the ability to imagine alternative endings as attainable. Hitler called it degenerate propaganda and had it burned, he also supported Franco's Nationalist movement. Paul, Pamela (March 31, 2011). "Ferdinand the Bull Turns 75". ArtsBeat . Retrieved August 31, 2018. The New York Times.

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