Description: Further DetailsTitle: Disney's LandCondition: NewEAN: 9781501190810ISBN: 9781501190810Publisher: ScribnerFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/21/2021Item Height: 213mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 33mmItem Weight: 349gAuthor: Richard SnowLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the WorldISBN-10: 1501190814Description: A propulsive and “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history chronicling the conception and creation of the iconic Disneyland theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow.One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, California, and imagined building a park where people “could live among Mickey Mouse and Snow White in a world still powered by steam and fire for a day or a week or (if the visitor is slightly mad) forever.” Despite his wealth and fame, exactly no one wanted Disney to build such a park. Not his brother Roy, who ran the company’s finances; not the bankers; and not his wife, Lillian. Amusement parks at that time, such as Coney Island, were a generally despised business, sagging and sordid remnants of bygone days. Disney was told that he would only be heading toward financial ruin. But Walt persevered, initially financing the park against his own life insurance policy and later with sponsorship from ABC and the sale of thousands and thousands of Davy Crockett coonskin caps. Disney assembled a talented team of engineers, architects, artists, animators, landscapers, and even a retired admiral to transform his ideas into a soaring yet soothing wonderland of a park. The catch was that they had only a year and a day in which to build it. On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates…and the first day was a disaster. Disney was nearly suicidal with grief that he had failed on a grand scale. But the curious masses kept coming, and the rest is entertainment history. Eight hundred million visitors have flocked to the park since then. In Disney’s Land, “Snow brings a historian’s eye and a child’s delight, not to mention superb writing, to the telling of this fascinating narrative” (Ken Burns) that “will entertain Disneyphiles and readers of popular American history” (Publishers Weekly).Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Travel & TransportTopic: Music Dance & Theatre, Biography, Business & FinanceRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Disney's Land
Title: Disney's Land
EAN: 9781501190810
ISBN: 9781501190810
Release Date: 01/21/2021
Release Year: 2021
Subtitle: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed
ISBN-10: 1501190814
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Disney's Land : Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Topic: Film / Genres / Animated, United States / 20th Century, History / Contemporary (1945-), Regional, Special Interest / Amusement & Theme Parks, Industries / Entertainment
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Performing Arts, Architecture, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Richard Snow
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
