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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Vintage)
by Neal Gabler

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About This Book

ISBN13: 9780679757474
ISBN10: 0679757473
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Publisher Comments:

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.
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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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679757474
Subtitle:
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Author:
Gabler, Neal
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
Entertainment & Performing Arts - General
Subject:
Animation
Subject:
Animators
Subject:
United states
Series:
Vintage
Publication Date:
October 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
851
Dimensions:
914x632x182 253
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