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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa

This is just the first chapter, you can find the whole book in the Amazon link below.

It tells the story of Scrooge from his early life leading up to his older days which he is more known by.

This is easily my favourite story by Don Rosa. And it's a whole book! I always read it when I'm home on holidays.

EDIT:
As /u/ITHICmeaningstone pointed out; Supporting Don Rosa might be better then getting free copies online. So here it is on Amazon.

Paperback version cheaper alternative then the hard cover.

SECOND EDIT:

I retract my previous statement as it appears you can almost only buy it used from Amazon. Thus I sadly believe they are out of production. Someone may correct me if I'm wrong. There are some PDF's floating around the Internet though.

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is, hands down, the greatest Graphic Novel of All Time.

You like continuity? Scrooge McDuck has ALL the continuity. The author has an anal-retentive attention to detail that I would put on par with that of someone like Alan Moore. The art is great, in spite of the fact that everyone is a talking animal.

As for the book... Scrooge has met nearly everyone famous who lived between, say, 1850 and 1950 (pullin' those dates out of my butt, but they sound right). But what we have in this 12-issue series is how the richest duck in history became a jaded, miserly, unhappy gojillionaire... before he had some family dropped on his lap that brought him back into the world, which is where he is in his first appearance in the comics. But this book starts happy, how this kid worked hard for every (Edit, this SHOULD say) dime he owns, against ridiculous odds, versus swindlers and thieves and nature itself, and he triumphed through force of will alone... and then you see him start to succumb to greed as soon as he begins to succeed.

Seriously. You don't need to know anything about Scrooge McDuck to read and appreciate this series, and I cannot recommend it enough.

All you people excited for the game:

Scrooge McDuck and the Duck stories in general are wildly, incredibly, money-bin crushingly popular overseas and in Europe. Americans just don't have the same love for Carl Barks and Don Rosa's stories as the rest of the world. If you can, go out and find yourself/torrent/whatever a copy of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck and you'll understand what I mean.

Read The Life and Time of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa. It is a collection of issues 0-12 of the series (issues 285-297 of the comic) The original paperback is $$$ since its out of print, but the hardcover is more affordable if you get it used. Going to a comic shop is the best bet. I expect they will have it on their shelf for cover price. Heck, you can probably buy the original issues for cover price.

In the original Carl Barks stories Scrooge would often make outrageous claims like the fact that he was a cattleman in Australia, a 49er in California or encouraged Teddy Roosevelt to take up politics. When Don Rosa took up the series and it turns out there is no bigger Carl Barks fan than him. He did a series of comics elaborating on all those fun tidbits and put together a quintessential history of Uncle Scrooge that is beyond enjoyable. It's a great read and gives you fabulous insight into McDuck's character.

Original Paperback

Volume 1

Volume 2

Especially the collection of Don Rosa's the life and times of scrooge mcduck and if you like it you can always check out the companion collection

Both very good and both suitable (and enjoyable) for all ages.

I don't remember specific names of the stories, but I do remember really liking Don Rosa's stories. He focuses more on Scrooge McDuck, but there is also some Donald and the kids in there.
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Scrooge-McDuck/dp/0911903968