Synopses & Reviews
The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.
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 his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. 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 accomplishment and the hidden life.
Review:
“Mesmerizing. . . . There’s nothing Mickey Mouse about this terrific biography. . . . The definitive portrait of Walt Disney, the Dream-King.”
Washington Post Book World
Review:
“Illuminating. . . . Engrossing. . . . Gabler paints a vivid portrait.”
The New York Times Book Review
Synopsis:
Gabler presents the definitive biography of Walt Disney, one of the most important cultural figures of the 20th century.
About the Author
Neal Gabler is the author of
An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, which won the Los Angeles Times
Book Prize for history. His biography
Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity was named best nonfiction book of the year by
Time. He appears regularly on the media review program
Fox News Watch, and writes often for
The New York Times and the
Los Angeles Times. He is currently a senior fellow at the Norman Lear Center for the Study of Entertainment and Society in the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Southern California. He lives with his wife in Amagansett, New York.
From the Hardcover edition.
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