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Re:The complicated man who made 'Rudolph' by dartmoose on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:00AM (#33956122)
Who knows how far back the chain of inspiration and influence goes, but Robert Lewis May’s book predates Gene Autry [1]. The wiki link you shared actually mentions the inspiration for Gene was a children’s book.

[1] https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2011/12/rudolph-red-nosed-re...

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Re:The complicated man who made 'Rudolph' by jjulius on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:33AM (#33956679)
>The wiki link you shared actually mentions the inspiration for Gene was a children's book.

And even mentions May, specifically:

>In 1939, Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward, and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song.

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