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Title: Maria von Trapp: A Portrait in Self-Contradiction
Review: How do you know when Maria von Trapp is not lying? It is simple. When her lips are not moving. In her first book, written in 1949, she tells of the time she met the Captain and the children for the first time. She describes a scene that is very similar to the scene in the play and in the movie. She even mentions that the Captain used a whistle to call the children.In this book, she states that the Captain was not at home when she arrived, and that Baroness Matilda introduced the children to her.Hoping that no one will notice her contradictory lies, she blames the producers of the play for (falsely) portraying her husband as a stern disciplinarian. Well, give me a break. It was her 1949 book, telling of the whistle, that gave them the idea. There is also a chapter in the 1949 book about "the baron doesn't want it."So, she invents the story, and then blames us for believing it.
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