Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination

The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Walt Disney is a revelation of both the work and the man–of both the remarkable accomplishmen

Disney Fans - This is not the book you are seeking Gabler's biography of Walt Disney is only for avid readers of history by examining all sides of this famous persons life, and at over 900 pages you have to be dedicated to press on into this well researched but ofttimes sad story.WARNING to die-hard D23 Disney fans this is not the book you are seeking; because some of the personal struggles and business decisio. Tremendously Detailed Biography of Walt Disney: a Man of Great Vision, a Risk Taker and a Success Daniel Hurley If you ever wanted to know virtually everything about Walt Disney and the Disney company, this is the book for you. The author has almost overwhelming detail of Walt's early upbringing and difficult life to his unfortunate early death while in the middle of planning out Disney World and Epcot. This book is not for the light reader on the subject, the biography . Definitive Biography on Walt Disney, detailed, thorough, objective and brilliantly written. RobT This is a deep dive on one of America's icons. The flow of the book is seamless it's rich content and perspective. This book could have been several volumes given Walt Disney's amazing life and accomplishments and the author does an exceptional job of pulling this together. Wonderful.

Readers will discover the whole story, witnessing Disney's invention of a "synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise." What fans don't know could fill a book (this book in fact), and we asked Gabler to point out a few of the juicy bits. Walt Disney helped change the national consciousness. Walt Disney was certainly one of those forces and one of those architects. With all his success how is that possible?A: It is astonishing that Walt Disney was always--and I do mean always--in dire financial straits until the opening of Disneyland. It was on