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A stunning, elaborately illustrated biography of the man who had an immeasurable impact upon American culture. This timely biography, told through the captivating and vivid words of those who knew, and studied Walt Disney, provides the most revelatory protrait to date of the man who has become an icon of American culture. More than 70 men and women were interviewed, including friends, employees, and historians, adversaries and rivals, and, most especially, family members, who add a special "private" contest to a very public work.
| Acknowledgments | 7 | |
| Foreword | 9 | |
| Introduction | 12 | |
| Time Line | 14 | |
| Part 1 | First Dreams | 18 |
| "A Good Hard Failure" | 20 | |
| Flora and Elias | 26 | |
| Before the Mouse | 28 | |
| Lilly | 34 | |
| Mickey and More | 38 | |
| Polo | 45 | |
| Part 2 | Worlds to Conquer | 46 |
| Snow White | 48 | |
| "He Was Daddy" | 54 | |
| A New Art Form | 59 | |
| Flora's Death | 69 | |
| The Strike | 71 | |
| World War II | 76 | |
| "You Don't Pay to Bring Those Children Here" | 80 | |
| Part 3 | New Horizons | 82 |
| Entering Live Action: "Actors Are Great!" | 84 | |
| Walt & Animals: "I Respect Nature" | 92 | |
| "With Every Laugh ..." | 94 | |
| Walt & Trains: "My Pride and Joy" | 101 | |
| Dreaming of Disneyland | 104 | |
| Television | 111 | |
| A Growing Family | 119 | |
| Disneyland--The Reality | 122 | |
| WED: Walt's Sandbox | 130 | |
| A Comfortable Man | 134 | |
| "A Very Common Touch" | 137 | |
| Part 4 | Tomorrow Land | 144 |
| Mary Poppins | 146 | |
| Walt and Roy | 153 | |
| The World's Fair | 155 | |
| "A Joy to Travel With" | 161 | |
| The City of the Future | 164 | |
| Love and Laughter | 170 | |
| Still Dreaming | 173 | |
| Walt's Death | 177 | |
| Part 5 | Walt's Legacy | 184 |
| Index | 190 |
Overview
A stunning, elaborately illustrated biography of the man who had an immeasurable impact upon American culture. This timely biography, told through the captivating and vivid words of those who knew, and studied Walt Disney, provides the most revelatory protrait to date of the man who has become an icon of American culture. More than 70 men and women were interviewed, including friends, employees, and historians, adversaries and rivals, and, most especially, family members, who add a special "private" contest to a very public work.