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Summary: Behind the Mouse
Review: I liked getting a glimpse of the man behind the "imperium of Mickey Mouse". Although I would have liked it to be more personal it's full of informations about Walt, the artist, the visionnaire and the business man.
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Summary: Behind the Mouse
Review: I liked getting a glimpse of the man behind the "imperium of Mickey Mouse". Although I would have liked it to be more personal it's full of informations about Walt, the artist, the visionnaire and the business man.
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Summary: Great book. Very Interesting.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I have been looking for a good biography of Walt Disney and this is it. This is extremly hard to put down even after you've finished it. I read it over the weekend. This is the first biography I have ever read in three days. Although I don't appreciate the author's comments at the end of the book or the way he seems to keep talking about Walt's bad side. The most intresting part for me had to be the parts focusing on cryogenisis. I have believed for a long time that Walt will return someday and his workers' comments on the subject further prove my point. I can't wait until that day. That glorious day when Walt returns. I will cry tears of joy. By the way his 100th birthday is about a year and a half off. What a great time for him to return. R.I.P Walt Disney (1901-1966)
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Summary: An inspiring, accurate, fair account of Disney's life.
Review: Leonard Mosely has built a reputation for accuracy and objectivity, and in "Disney's World" he makes no exception. Even in the few instances where a dispute exists relating to the nature of the event, Mosely fairly presents all sides.In Disney's World, Mosely chronicles the "rags to riches" story of one of America's great empire builders of the 20th century. Faced repeatedly with insurmountable odds and continuing crises, Mosely inspires the reader with Walt Disney's unstopable courage and determination to succeed. Sources for Mosely's material include actual interviews with members of the Disney family, former employees and associates of Walt Disney,and from available public records. And most importantly, the author was given access to the Disney Archives by the corporation. As a result, certain previously unknown facts appear in this book. But Mosely is careful to confirm each fact, and notifies the reader if there is a question. Mosely also exposes a dark side to Walt Disney, but presents the facts in a fair and objective manner. Mosely's "Disney's World" is inspiring, uplifting, factual, and historically interesting. It is a "smooth read", and the reader will have difficulty putting the volume aside.
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Summary: An inspiring, accurate, fair account of Disney's life.
Review: Leonard Mosely has built a reputation for accuracy and objectivity, and in "Disney's World" he makes no exception. Even in the few instances where a dispute exists relating to the nature of the event, Mosely fairly presents all sides. In Disney's World, Mosely chronicles the "rags to riches" story of one of America's great empire builders of the 20th century. Faced repeatedly with insurmountable odds and continuing crises, Mosely inspires the reader with Walt Disney's unstopable courage and determination to succeed. Sources for Mosely's material include actual interviews with members of the Disney family, former employees and associates of Walt Disney,and from available public records. And most importantly, the author was given access to the Disney Archives by the corporation. As a result, certain previously unknown facts appear in this book. But Mosely is careful to confirm each fact, and notifies the reader if there is a question. Mosely also exposes a dark side to Walt Disney, but presents the facts in a fair and objective manner. Mosely's "Disney's World" is inspiring, uplifting, factual, and historically interesting. It is a "smooth read", and the reader will have difficulty putting the volume aside.
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Summary: an unofficial (and pretty good) bio of Walt Disney
Review: Leonard Mosely has written an interesting book. It tells the story of Walt's life, uncensored, so to speak. Mr. Mosely is a British man who seems to have a decent respect for Walt, and his work is not quite as biased as some others might be. His work, although greatly researched, is not officially endorsed or sponsored by the Walt Disney Copmpany. (Although, he was allowed to do research in the vaults of the Disney archives, which is pretty rare for an unendorsed book). In addition, he interviewed most remaining relatives, friends and the Disney's archivists. The book is well-written, and only occasionally does the author stray from the story and interject his personal opinion in place of something interesting about Walt. As with all of the Disney biographies I have read, it always ends just as it is getting to the best part, when Walt was locked up in his "Secret" office planning EPCOT, the city of the future. Anyway, I liked the book and recommend it to others. If you are either a fan of Disney or are just interested in the life story of an truly extraordinary man, get this book and read it.
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Summary: A fair examination of Walt Disney, the man
Review: Mosley presents Walt Disney's life story in a fair, human (foibles and all) account of the man behind the corporate icon. Filled with detailed personal accounts of Walt's involvement with various productions.
I have no problem with this "unofficial" biography, one which portrays a less-than-stellar account of Disney's attitudes, while giving full credit for his creative achievements, but I tend to question Mosley's tendency to parphrase conversations and qoute them as verbatim. More explicit citings of his sources (who told him what stories) would lend more credence to Mosley's "story-telling" narrative.
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Summary: Poorly researched
Review: Poorly researched. Several errors put me on my guard that the author was not interested in giving a well balanced look at the life and times of Walt Disney, but instead something that would sell books. Much of the book seems more fiction than biography. He tries to turn a nervous breakdown into a suicide attempt, tries to paint him as a terrible father and unloving husband, and worse, the dialogues he makes up throughout the book between Walt and Roy, or Walt and his family are strange at best. I won't even go into the obsession the author has with Disney being frozen somewhere. Disney was a complicated man with faults as well as traces of genius. This book is not complicated and has more faults and no intelligence at all.
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Summary: There is hope for all of us afterall.
Review: Recounts Disney's life in a riveting, honest way. Disney not perfect? Gives hope that God can use anyone for something special in life. The best human spirit story, and by far the best biography on Disney out of all of them. Fans will realize that being a normal human being cannot dull the marvel of a historical life played out. A MUST read for anyone who enjoys stunning realism & shock. Excellent research done. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Full of rubbish
Review: The author either did very little research or just didn't care for the truth. He chose to present many rumours surrounding Walt Disney's name as facts. Mosley provides no source for his statements, other than to assert that Disney's "closest colleagues and advisers" were "confident" that Walt Disney "eventually became convinced of cryogenesis as a viable medical process and was persuaded that, even in 1966, it was possible for a human being to have himself brought back to life after death". In fact, these "close colleagues" of Disney's turned out to be a few employees on the periphery of the Disney organization who had never spoken to Walt about cryonics, and were merely repeating the same decades-old rumor for Mosley's benefit.
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