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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination

by Neal Gabler

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From Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American entertainment and cultural history.

Seven years in the making and meticulously researched—Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives—this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life...moreFrom Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American entertainment and cultural history.

Seven years in the making and meticulously researched—Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives—this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth.

Gabler shows us the young Walt Disney breaking free of a heartland childhood of discipline and deprivation and making his way to Hollywood. We see the visionary, whose desire for escape honed an innate sense of what people wanted to see on the screen and, when combined with iron determination and obsessive perfectionism, led him to the reinvention of animation. It was Disney, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films—most notably Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi—who transformed animation from a novelty based on movement to an art form that presented an illusion of life.

We see him reimagine the amusement park with Disneyland, prompting critics to coin the word Disneyfication to describe the process by which reality can be modified to fit one’s personal desires. At the same time, he provided a new way to connect with American history through his live-action films and purveyed a view of the country so coherent that even today one can speak meaningfully of “Walt Disney’s America.” We see how the True-Life Adventure nature documentaries he produced helped create the environmental movement by sensitizing the general public to issues of conservation. And we see how he reshaped the entertainment industry by building a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise in a way that was unprecedented and was later widely imitated.

Gabler also reveals a wounded, lonely, and often disappointed man, who, despite worldwide success, was plagued with financial problems much of his life, suffered a nervous breakdown, and at times retreated into pitiable seclusion in his workshop making model trains. Gabler explores accusations that Disney was a red-baiter, an anti-Semite, an embittered alcoholic. But whatever the characterizations of Disney’s personal life, he appealed to the nation by demonstrating the power of wish fulfillment and the triumph of the American imagination. Walt Disney showed how one could impose one’s will on the world.

This is a masterly biography, a revelation of both the work and the man—of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life(less)

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Published October 31st 2006 by Knopf (first published January 1st 2006)

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Nov 25, 2007

Chris rated it

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In my childhood, I was a Walt Disney nut. I loved the cartoons, I loved the movies, and I loved reading about the man himself, ever since I checked out one of those American Pioneers mini-novels from my elementary school's library. The problem with most Walt Disney bios is that there's a hard and fast line that's drawn between them. Either they paint an absolutely rosy picture of the man (fully and completely sanctioned by The Disney Corporation) or they go in the absolute opposite direction, hi...more

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Jan 03, 2012

Brooklyn harvey added it · review of another edition

This story was about Walt Disney, and how his life went, and how he got into animation. The main character was Walt Disney. There were other people involved in the story, like his mother, Elora Call Disney, his father, Elias Disney, and his wife, Lillian Bounds. The main characters were just apart of Walt Disney's life and helped him through his problems. Walt Disney faced problems, like he started a compony named Laugh-O-Grams, and that company ended up going bankrupt and he went to Hollywood w...more

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Jan 17, 2009

Andrew rated it

This was a really good book. As anyone who knows me and my family, we love all things Disney. So when this book was published I thought I would give it a try. At over 800 pages (over 200 of which are bibliography information) I wasn’t sure I’d get through it. But it kept me intrigued. It was written really well with a good narrative.

The book delves into Walt Disney’s upbringing, and all of the milestones along his life path until his death. It was interesting to read about how he was c...more

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Mar 23, 2011

Caroline rated it

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Walt Disney is one of those figures that everyone knows without really knowing at all, and one of the things I learned from this biography is that even the people in his life who had daily contact with him, who lived with him, worked with him, even grew up with him, would have said the same thing. He was an intensely private person, and one wonders how much of the carefully cultivated image of himself that was created and wrapped up with his films was a deliberate attempt to hide that private se...more

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Jul 14, 2010

Riley Wells rated it

I just finished reading this 600 page biography of Walt Disney. That is in addition to the 215 pages of notes and references documenting the information.

As has never been the case with a biography I’ve read, when certain parts of Walt’s project seem to become less interesting to me as a reader, it must have been the case in Walt’s life too. That seamed to be the time when he would become disengaged from one project and move on to another. Examples, animation shorts, feature animat...moreI just finished reading this 600 page biography of Walt Disney. That is in addition to the 215 pages of notes and references documenting the information.

As has never been the case with a biography I’ve read, when certain parts of Walt’s project seem to become less interesting to me as a reader, it must have been the case in Walt’s life too. That seamed to be the time when he would become disengaged from one project and move on to another. Examples, animation shorts, feature animation, war time films, feature films, Disneyland, constructing exhibits for New York World’s Fair vendors. Each time creating a new “sub” company, Laugho-O-Gram, Disney Bros Studio, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland Inc, WED, and my favorite, Yensid Retlaw.

The most fascination events that I found were the financing and promotion of Disneyland. For the complex financing Walt and Roy crafted a deal with ABC television. ABC agreed to a three-year contract for twenty-six one hour programs. Fifteen percent of the ABC funds were funneled from Walt Disney Productions to Disneyland. In addition, ABC committed to take $2 million of ten-year bonds. However, Walt saw these 1 hour programs, aptly called “Disneyland” simply as promotional material to exhibit stories, themes, and ideas that related to the park, be it stories of the folklore stores of “Frontier land” to animated shorts of “Fantasyland”. With production costs, Disney made no money on that television deal. How ironic that ABC made Disneyland possible, and years later the Walt Disney Company would in turn purchase the broadcast company.

Interesting tid bits:
- Even prior to Snow White Walt operated almost entirely by instinct as at he no longer drew well enough to show the animators
- Bambi was to be the great work of art set to rival Snow White. However, commercially was a failure
- Sleeping Beauty was one of the largest animation disappointments and almost was the end of Disney feature animation.
- During the war, it was government films and animation that kept the studio in business. With out it, it would have been bankrupt
- There was not enough money to finish the landscaping in certain areas and instructed an employee to put Latin names on the weeds as if they were specimen plants.

Perhaps what I enjoyed most was the ability to further explore some of these stories and concepts further. By living in SoCal, I was able to see some of the sites that were key locations in Walt’s life. Also, after reading about some of the animation shorts, how refreshing is it to go to Youtube and watch them (like Donald in Nutzi-land).

Back in 1948 the Disney label was selling roughly $100 million goods. There was a full line of Donald Duck foods including field peas with snaps, peanut butter, catsup, chili sauce, macaroni, mayonnaise, and egg noodles. I find it interested that in the past 5-10 years that licensing unit has ventured back into the grocery foods unit. However, now it seems that the products tend to be more health conscious.

The one area that disturbed me was the end of this biography. Now, I’m not saying that the end of Walt’s life should have been expanded upon, nor would the reader be so inclined to want to read more about failing health. However, after reading over 600 pages of a biography of this detail and length, only the 6 final pages cover this topic made it feel like the ending was abrupt. However, I do not believe that this was due to the writing, but more so due to Walt’s life. It was clearly mentioned that Walt gave little reflection to thought of religion or afterlife. For a man who spent his entire life striving to creating something that was perfect, be it animating a prince in Snow White that didn’t shimmy or an amusement park of that a perfect childhood utopia, “he demonstrated how one could assert one’s will on the world at the very time when everything seemed to be growing beyond control and beyond comprehension. In sum, Walt Disney had been not so much a master of fun or irreverence or innocence or even wholesomeness. He had been a mater of order.” One can see how he had been terrified of death; it was something that he could not control. What a sad ending to an otherwise fairy tale story.(less)

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May 18, 2008

Elizabeth rated it

Walt Disney was an incredible man - and after reading this book, I feel like I have a real idea of who he was, the good and the bad. The book goes beyond "The Happiest Place On Earth" to see the wonderful and not so wonderful parts of Disney's life and character.

Next time I watch one of his movies, I'll be thinking about what he was trying to accomplish and how he felt about the film in its conception and release.

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Feb 05, 2009

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Neal Gabler, who penned a well-received biography of journalist Walter Winchell and An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, among other books, is the first writer to have complete access to the Walt Disney archives. Much of that wealth of information makes its way into this hefty tome. At nearly 900 pages (including 200 pages of notes), the author risks losing all but the most devoted Disney fans. Gabler uses engaging prose, numerous anecdotes, and firsthand accounts of the even

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Nov 02, 2011

Barbara rated it

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After listening to Neal Gabler talk about his process I was intrigued. This is a long one. I thought I'd probably just skim it but I was caught off guard. The expression" the good is in the details holds" true for me. Fascinating always to understand what makes a person pursue their passions with unrelenting vision. Sometimes you wonder as you read where Gabler picke up on the fact but he backs it up with a bibliography almost as long as a short novella. He did spend 5 years in the D...more

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Apr 28, 2010

Megan rated it

Recommends it for: hardcore Disney fans

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I wavered between 3 and 4 stars on this book.

One of the problems with writing a biography about Walt Disney is that people either see him as the lovable "Uncle Walt", or a driven and obsessive tyrant. This book does a fine job of objectively showing you all the sides of this complex man. (It also didn't hurt that the writing and research were exceptionally well done).

On one hand, I loved all the details about Walt Disney, his life, family, and career. Howeve...more

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Dec 26, 2009

Lindsey rated it

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Often the name of Disney is primarily associated with family fun, money and sucess with only an after thought toward the man on whom the legacy was built. Neal Gabler delievers the story of Walt Disney. A complete history of his beginnings, his character as a man and his financial struggles every step of the way. The book made me realize that Walt never knew for certain that any of his endeavors would be a success. He gambled and put everything on his dreams. I admire him even though the book al...more

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May 19, 2010

Cam rated it

I've always wanted to read about Walt Disney and his life, and I finally got around to doing it. This book was well-researched and well-written, and I found it fascinating. He was truly a pioneer and had amazing ideas and vision. I really enjoyed learning more about him. It was nice to know that he wasn't driven by money at all (he was usually in debt and put any increase back into his features/company), he was balanced by his brother Roy, and he had many traitors in his lifetime. He wasn't...more

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Jan 08, 2012

Gerald Curtis rated it

This was a 33 ½ hour audio book that I found extremely interesting. Having been a big Disney fan as a child and then on behalf of my own nine children, I was very curious to learn how all his wonders came about. I was amazed to find how difficult it had all been, and how many times he and his studio were on the verge of bankruptcy, how many times the world of Disney that we all love and admire, almost did not happen. I was also amazed by how much ridicule and opposition his art received by th...more

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Sep 06, 2009

Jeff rated it

A highly readable, enjoyable biography that includes more details about Disney's life (and, consequentially, the first thirty-plus years of Walt Disney Productions) than have showed up in biographies before, due to the author's granted access to the Disney Archives. I was shocked to find out just how little Walt and the company enjoyed many of the early animated pictures, save for "Snow White" and "Fantasia."

The only downside to the biography is the fact that Gab...more

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Mar 02, 2010

Jason Reeser rated it

I read this shortly after our big family trip to DisneyWorld. The story of Walt Disney is fascinating, yet ultimately sad. That great cliche continues to be true, with great genius comes great sorrow, or something like that. His family suffered from his obsessive nature, but so many more benefited from it. His ideas for the future were also interesting and it is sad to see that most of them have come to an end with his death. Those who continued the business have focused on making commercia...more

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Jun 14, 2011

Corny rated it

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This is a remarkably detailed biography which has obviously been painstakingly researched. I think this is a case where less is more. At times I felt like I was drowning in the descriptions of the animation process and the endless listing of animators, staff etc. The author might have done better to cull his material to avoid overwhelming his readers, but I guess this is what one calls the "definitive" biography. Also, the psychobabble sometimes ruins the thread of the story. Many time...more

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Jun 10, 2009

Tripp rated it

I've spent the past few weeks working my way through Neal Gabler's massive Walt Disney biography. It took this long not because it was boring or too dense, but because it deserved close reading. The book tells the story of Walt from his ancestors up to his death from lung cancer.

Although I considered myself familiar with the story of the studio, I really wasn't. I thought it was an upward trend of success from day one. In reality the studio teetered on the edge of disaster for much o...more

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Dec 13, 2010

Kevin rated it

Whew! This was a mega-read! Expertly researched and well written, with sometimes obsessive detail about the business side of Walt Disney Productions -- but it did a great job capturing the passion and relentless pursuit of perfection behind so many of Walt Disney's cultural touchstones.

Biggest surprise: how often he failed. Many of the movies and experiences we think of today as classics were big money losers when they first came out. The period between his first feature triump...more

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Jan 19, 2012

Alan Kercinik rated it

It's funny, reading this, how much impact Walt Disney had on me as a kid that I almost completely forgot about. Reruns of The Wonderful World of Disney on TV. Trips to Disney World. Cantankerous Donald Duck cartoons.

While I don't know that I necessarily quite know HOW he did what he did, I am even more impressed by his contributions that go beyond the movies he made. His formalization of storyboarding movies. His unwavering commitment to creativity and investing in his company. To ta...more

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Jul 29, 2011

Rick Ludwig rated it

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Shelves: read-since-retirement, read-in-last-ten-years

Of all of the books that I have read about Disney, this was the best researched, most balanced and a truly great read. The annotation was excellent and impressive and the depth of the treatment was very satisfying to one who has recently read five books on this topic. I would strongly recommend this one to anyone interested in Disney, his life, and his legacy. I felt like I better understood the man after reading this. He was neither an angel nor a demon, but an enormously impactful human be...more

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Dec 25, 2011

Leandro Nogueira rated it

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Really inspiring reading, even if you're sympathetic or not for Disney's projects (animation, movies, theme parks, advertising, music, politics, engineering) this book provides a deep journey into Walt Disney's career, his hunger for a new challenge, preferable if it comes as apparently impossible and and the ways he always found to run over the financial obstacles. Actually his brother Roy was responsible for that part, but, anyway, What Walt did and how He did it is covered in all the negative...more

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May 27, 2011

Shannon rated it

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As soon as I saw this book, I wanted to read it. I'm a BIG Disney fan, but not just of the movies and amusement parks, but also of the man himself. Now I hadn't read any Walt Disney biographies before, although I knew quite a bit about him just because of my fascination with Disney history generally. I haven't read a Walt bio before because I tend to stay away from biographies when reading because of their tendency to be too biased, too narrow, or too broad. Sometimes I think so-called biographi...moreAs soon as I saw this book, I wanted to read it. I'm a BIG Disney fan, but not just of the movies and amusement parks, but also of the man himself. Now I hadn't read any Walt Disney biographies before, although I knew quite a bit about him just because of my fascination with Disney history generally. I haven't read a Walt bio before because I tend to stay away from biographies when reading because of their tendency to be too biased, too narrow, or too broad. Sometimes I think so-called biographies have less truth in them than the fiction I read, and that turns me off.

But I was NOT disappointed with this book. I would easily recommend it to anyone interested in learning about Walt Disney the man, rather than the Walt Disney Company. Understandably the book concentrates only on the time period of Disney history that occurred while Walt Disney was alive, but you can see from how big and dense this book is that it covers A LOT of ground nonetheless. The one caution I will give is that it's probably best to be familiar with Disney history to some degree before reading this book because it is so detailed, it might help to know at least the basics beforehand.

What I learned most from this first reading is how much of Walt Disney's work and legacy is NOT related to animation. Animation is merely the vehicle that got him started. Walt even considered abandoning animation altogether in favor of other projects, although, ironically, it was that very debt that Walt owed to animation that perhaps compelled him to keep it going even when the company was struggling, which saved the existence of Walt Disney animation in the long run. Because animation was what Disney was known for and what the audience expected. In turn, I think animation is what ultimately helped the company survive all these years.

That's not to say Walt wasn't passionate about animation, because he was. There was a time when no detail of the animations passed inspection without first getting Walt's approval. But eventually he would simply lose interest, instead leaving the animations to others while he went off and did his own thing. So if you're expecting this book to be just another behind-the-scenes look at Disney animated films and how they were created, at some point, you'll lose interest too because that's only part of the story. What else is there, you ask? Live-action films; the Disney TV series (Walt was one of the first to embrace television); the True-Life Adventures film series; Disneyland and EPCOT. It might surprise you. Some of the most fascinating things for me to read were the non-animation bits because I knew relatively little about that part of Disney history. Again, this book is not an animation history. It is a Walt Disney history.

I also came to understand how Walt Disney's image evolved over the years from outsider to innovator to business man to, finally, the symbol of family-friendly tradition that we know today. In the process, author Neal Gabler also gives us a portrait of who the real man was, and not just the image. Walt Disney could never settle on one thing. He was always moving forward, always on to the next thing and thinking ahead. But he also wasn't perfect. For example, he was not the greatest business man. He could care less about money, specifically how much it cost to do something right and produce a good product. He was an artist at heart. Unfortunately, money was also the bane of his existence and one of the great limitations to his vision. Luckily he had his brother Roy to guide him, watch over him, and balance him out, and I think we owe just as much to Roy as we do to Walt for the success of the company. Walt Disney's image was a result of the times he lived in, his struggles, and his success.

But most of all, I hope people realize that although Walt Disney's image evolved for the sake of the company, beneath it all, he never changed, and in many respects that legacy still stands today. In essence, Walt Disney was one of the greatest thinkers in American history. He embraced artistry AND technology, and used those two things to build better worlds, whether real or imaginary. He was also an innovator and an optimist, and it is that combination that drove him onward. He is MORE than his image. His movies aren't just for kids. Animation wasn't the only thing he changed. He deserves to be remembered for more than a mouse. He is a storyteller and inventor. He is Walt Disney. How else can I say it?

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Jul 13, 2007

Dave-O rated it

Neal Gabler's new Walt Disney book is as epic as the man himself. Gabler's fact-finding and attention to detail ultimately give shape to a complex lonely man who constantly strived for perfection in his every endeavor. And what endeavors! Disney is responsible for innovations such as sound and color in cartoons, but is most remembered for bringing personality and a story structure to them as well. At the height of the Golden Age, he griped that he was tired of all the "gag stuff" which...moreNeal Gabler's new Walt Disney book is as epic as the man himself. Gabler's fact-finding and attention to detail ultimately give shape to a complex lonely man who constantly strived for perfection in his every endeavor. And what endeavors! Disney is responsible for innovations such as sound and color in cartoons, but is most remembered for bringing personality and a story structure to them as well. At the height of the Golden Age, he griped that he was tired of all the "gag stuff" which led to the development of animated feature films.

From his days in a film ad company in Kansas City where the seed of animation was first planted, he knew that there was something in the animated cartoon. Gabler describes Walt's hardships as a teenager always having to work and then his rush into adulthood with World War I and later, the move to Hollywood. Gabler's writing captures the excitement of 1920s and 1930s for Walt as he pushed to be the best at animation. Within a span of a few short years he had lost his character in a shady business deal, created the first sound cartoon, and started a worldwide sensation in his character of Mickey Mouse. The years that followed brought further innovations like color cartoons, the multiplane camera, and inevitably "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

Gabler describes an obsessive and self-absorbed soul in Disney. He was never really satisfied with any of his features, always thinking he could have pushed more. In the year following a bitter strike, his relationship with animation and his animators would never be the same. Gabler describes the cult-like fanaticism of the animators in 1930s that gradually declines so that by the 1950s and 1960s, most of the storymen were Walt's `yes-men' and most of the animators were drawing in circles.

After World War II (when the government commandeered the studio) his love affair with animation was over and Disney shifted his attentions to live-action features, television and an obsession with trains that expanded into his most ambitious project: Disneyland. For all his success, Walt Disney is a tragic twentieth-century archetype. A lonely figure who feared death up to the end, he came of age with WWII and gave boomers an odd mix glimpse of futuristic optimism and corny nostalgia. There's a lot of ground to cover here, and Gabler obsesses over some facts while neglecting others, but on the whole his book is fair and moving. (less)

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Dec 06, 2007

Evil_Dead_Junkie rated it

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A great but flawed look at a great but flawed man. Probably the first book about Disney to be free of revisionism either positive or negative. Instead a clear eyed honest look at a man who changed the course of the 20th century.

That said, while I love books about Filmmaking, the first couple decades of the 20th century, and animation, this book was a little much even for me. The length can be generously described as "horse choking" or "punishing" and once the win...more

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Dec 14, 2010

Danielle rated it

This book was DENSE with information, but still highly readable (comparable to the bio on Charles Shulz I read a while back). It seemed very even-handed, also, portraying good and bad qualities of Disney without passing Ultimate Judgment.

Most interesting to me (as a fan of animation) was how little involved he was with most of his animated features! Also, criticisms levelled at the studio back then are virtually identical to what they say of it now.

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Feb 24, 2009

Mia rated it

This is a MASSIVE book that takes some time (and effort to lift!) to get through. It is a fascinating look at Walt Disney, the man, and all of the innovations that he brought to the worlds of art and entertainment. So many of the small things that no one would ever attribute to him (fine tuning camera equipment, etc.) and also the giant contributions, like CalArts and the theme parks.

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Mar 02, 2011

Virginia Brace rated it

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I listened to this very long biography on CD, and I found it quite amazing. I am glad to be able to see how Walt Distney's extremely interesting and exciting career fit into the timeline of history. It was important to see him as a flawed but real person. I enjoyed learning about the beginning of animation and what the Hollywood studios were like back in the 1930's. This is an excellent biography of an important American.

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Mar 28, 2009

Steven Maus rated it

This is an incredible, six-hundred page bible of Walt's life, from his father's life and his own birth, to his death that came before 'the Florida project' saw completion. Along with pictures and footnotes galore, this Neal Gabler tells the story of this man's incredible life, how he pushed past failure and drove himself to keep inventing, inovating, creating, changing, building, etc. This is the definitive book of Walt.

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Nov 05, 2011

Frank Mongelluzzo rated it

Great Biography! It nice to see a legitimate biography on Walt and not the ones that slander him being a racist and antisemitic, well this book has all the proof to show he wasn't any of those. It just saddens me how all ads say that Disneyworld was was Walt's dream come true when it was all false. Walt wanted Disneyworld and EPCOT not to be just a theme park but an actual utopia where people would lives, full of churches, schools, stores, a slum free place. Watch his video on his Disneyw...more

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Sep 05, 2011

Jess rated it

Wow! This is more than a biography. For me it felt like a rite of passage that every "true" Disney fan should experience. This book was very long, but it was also very well structured.
I'm puzzled at other reviewers commenting that "They don't like Walt Disney, so they didn't like this book one star blah blah" Well what did you expect or more importantly why did you pick up a biography of someone that didn't interest you in the first place?
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Aug 01, 2011

Kirsten rated it

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If you are a Disney nut, you must read this biography. At 600+ pages of text (not including 100 pages of references at the end) it's very hefty, and very detailed. It's quite possibly the most objective, even-handed biography of Walt that I've ever seen, and certainly the most in-depth. It's a virtual Walt Disney encyclopedia. A fascinating look at one of America's greatest cultural icons!

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