Walt Disney : an American original

Thomas, Bob, 1922-2014, author.

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Drawing on years of research, this definitive biography of the man who changed the face of American culture by developing animated film into an art form and making a massive contribution to the folklore of the world tells the story of Walt Disney's life like no other book can.

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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966

Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography

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ISBN:

9781368083966 (hardcover)
9781368083966

Edition:

Commemorative edition
First special edition

Description:

431 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword / by Christopher Miller
Introduction / by Jeff Kurtti
Prologue / by Marcy Carriker Smothers
Preface to the 1994 edition
Foreground
The midwest years 1901-1923
The cartoon maker 1923-1934
Toward a new art 1934-1945
Stretching the horizon 1945-1961
The distant reach 1961-1966
Afterword / by Rebecca Cline

LCCN:

2023282236

Control Number:

3309483

Other Authors:

Cline, Rebecca, 1960- writer of afterword
Kurtti, Jeff, writer of introduction
Miller, Christopher, writer of foreword
Smothers, Marcy Carriker, writer of supplementary textual content

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