Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Unabridged)
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4.7 • 63 Ratings
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Publisher Description
ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • 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 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.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and USA Today Biography of the Year
Customer Reviews
An Incredible American Story For Everyone
Ever want to experience what it’s like to be an entrepreneur? The ups, downs, mistakes and the victories - it’s all here in this incredible audio book on Walt Disney. I seem to revisit this epic tale on every long car trip and it’s just as captivating on the 10th listen as it was the 1st. To fully understand the history and shear perseverance of what it actually took to be....and to live....as Walt Disney reveals itself in stunning detail and prose as you walk through his life along with him. I never look at any Disney film, theme park or character again without fully appreciating the painstaking journey it took by the greatest storyteller who ever lived - Walt Disney.
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