Walt Disney : An American Original

as anyone who enjoys animation walt disney can not be overlooked.millions of people worldwide have enjoyed his work through there childhood and beyond.as for the book bob thomas captures walt disney perfectly from his early life to disneyland it is a brilliant read and i would highly recommend it.

Book was in good condition and arrived really quickly

Big fan on Walt Disney

Very pleased with purchase

Purchased this for my Wife for Christmas, we are both Disney fans and I know my wife also loves to learn more about Mr Disney himself. This was a perfect give, so far she is thoroughly enjoying it!

An excellent read....I thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book to any Disney fan interested in learning more about the man himself.

....easy to read and very interesting...Walt Disney was an extraordinary man endowed with an extraordinary talent and an extraordinary love for human kind.

A brilliant insight into a fascinating man. It left me wanting to read more and more about the great man!

I have a confession -- I don't like biographies. I have read too many which contain extraneous information, are completely boring, or lag in all the wrong places. When I bought this book, therefore, it would be safe to say that my expectations were not sky-high. I was wrong. Bob Thomas's Walt Disney -- An American Original is among the best biographies I have ever read. This book checks all the boxes a biography should while also managing to remain interesting and entertaining. Anyone can read it -- high schoolers, college students, an adult looking for something to read on a long car trip. The entire course of Walt's life is covered -- the history of his family in America, his childhood, his time in World War I, his marriage and family life, and his tumultuous journey into the world of film and animation, culminating in Disneyland and the ever-famous Walt Disney World. Bob Thomas was aided in creating this litany of Walt's experiences by the willing cooperation of the Disney family, which gave Thomas an amazing source of information. This ranges from letters and telegrams written by Walt to personal photographs and humorous anecdotes involving Walt (when Walt said that he would look down on the company after death, Disney's nurse tartly remarked that he may be using a periscope instead). It is this attention to detail, the little stories and experiences in Disney's day-to-day life, which helps the reader feel as if he or she truly understands Disney. I'm not a fan of five star reviews, particularly for biographies, but try as I might, I cannot find something to criticize. Therefore, it is with both reluctance and excitement that I award this book five stars, as it cannot be denied that this may just be the best biography which it has ever been my pleasure to read. Basically, if you want to know the secret behind the Disney company, you have to understand the founder. And if you want to understand the founder, the man, the genius Walter E. Disney himself, you should read this book.

I am a huge Disney, specifically the theme parks. Always looking for a good book to read to discover new information. So far I've read around 50 pages and this is one of the better Disney books in the sense that it gives the reader little but interesting facts and information about Walt Disney's life. This is truly a good book that so far I love

The story of a man that invented several industries at the same time: animation, amusement parks, TV for kids, merchandising, etc. Very entertaining and surprising.

Un ottimo libro per gli amanti del solo e unico Walter Elias Disney, questo grande genio del secolo scorso. La biografia è super dettagliata - anche fin troppo in alcuni punti in cui si dilunga su dati vari come costi e incassi dei primi lavori della casa di Topolino - con un sacco di informazioni e aneddoti sull'infanzia di Disney, sulla creazione dei primi personaggi e sulla fondazione della Walt Disney Company. Scritta da un autore che ha avuto l'onore di intervistare più volte Walt Disney negli anni e che ha avuto accesso, dopo la morte di Disney, ai suoi archivi personali. Lo consiglio sia a chi ha già conoscenze sul personaggio che a quelli che vogliono rifarsi una cultura su questo straordinario artista.

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