Walt Disney

The Triumph of the American Imagination

Neal Gabler

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Random House Inc
23 October 2012

Individual actors & performers; Films, movies & cinema; Dance & Performing arts; Biography: arts & entertainment; Society & Social Sciences

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

By: Neal Gabler
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9780679757474
ISBN 10: 0679757473
Pages: 851
Publication Date: 23 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination

-Mesmerizing. . . . There's nothing Mickey Mouse about this terrific biography. . . . The definitive portrait of Walt Disney, the Dream-King.- --Washington Post Book World-Gabler's restless eye invigorates each page. . . . Part of the author's formidable achievement is to take the intricacies of Disney's devoted artistry and intertwine them with [his] life.- --Los Angeles Times Book Review -Far outshines any previous Disney bio, both in scope and in specificity. The domestic details are revelatory. . . . Walt Disney is looking at us-seemingly for the first time.- --Entertainment Weekly -Illuminating. . . . Engrossing. . . . Gabler paints a vivid portrait.---The New York Times Book Review