Jessica W.:
So much wonderful Disney history. Really enjoyed this book and there are some great pictures at the end. Highly recommend for Disney fans.
United States on Jan 15, 2023
david bright:
This is a very interesting read for anyone who love Disneyland
Canada on Sep 18, 2020
Elizabeth A. Davies:
The author paints a vivid picture of the times and the people involved in the creation of the world's most famous amusement park. Very entertaining and informative.
Australia on Jun 06, 2020
Susan:
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The suthor's introduction to his subject, in which he explicates his connection to amusement parks generally and to Disneyland, is probably the slowest part of the story! The rest, once Walt Disney himself gets going, is memorable and fascinating! I do wonder about his original motives for building the park -- being primarily about his daughters. The way it's explained in the book doesn't sound substantial enough to hang the entire rest of the story on, in my opinion. Not when you read about what it took to actually GET Disneyland (and the plumbing!) open. By the time Disneyland opens and is a success, the initial justification seems worn thin. But it's all interesting, including how he came up with ideas and how he staked practically everything he had on finishing his project according to his plans in the RIGHT way. Definitely worth reading!
United States on Mar 23, 2020
Amazon Kunde:
Very good book, fast delivery and visually very pretty.
Germany on Mar 06, 2020
LISA DALEY:
Great story book, really interesting read and yes, some of the information is from other sources - but its a very well written book.
United Kingdom on Feb 15, 2020
Carol Peckham:
Richard Snow is not only an engaging writer, he's also a master at describing how transformative technologies and inventions happened in 19th and 20th century America, and he makes this fun to read (even for those of us who recoil at screwdrivers and exposed wiring). Snow has achieved this in earlier works (Iron Dawn about the Merrimac and the Monitor, I Invented the Modern Age about Henry Ford's Model T), and he does it again in Disney's Land. His subjects are not always the most appealing. They can have serious flaws, and some critics believe he glosses over these. Snow's interest, however, is not so much with his characters' frailties as with their abilities not only to invent but also to engage and attract others to work with them toward a common vision.
His books in general, as well as this one specifically, produce an American story at its best. Snow not only describes with wonderful detail the personalities of his visionaries, like Disney, but also those of the extraordinary people who contributed their own genius, with long hard hours and little financial incentive, to produce new enterprises that opened up vast areas of creativity and invention....
United States on Jan 23, 2020
D. Gottwald:
Having read just about everything available on the history of the development and design of the original Disneyland park, it's quite honest to say that there is nothing new here. The most recent original scholarship would be "Three Years in Wonderland" by Todd James Pierce, and anything fresh has been basically cribbed from that book by Snow. All of the familiar anecdotes and quotes from the three key Walt Disney biographies (Thomas, Watts, and Gabler) are here, nearly verbatim. And if you have the archives of The "E" Ticket magazine, Snow quotes liberally from those interviews as well. It's nice to see Ruth Shellhorn's key role as formal landscape designer recognized (she gets her own chapter), because until the landmark 2016 Comras biography—and the terrific aforementioned Pierce volume—her role had been quietly forgotten by the Disney company in favor of hagiographic accounts of the Evans brothers.
Where Snow really succeeds is that "Disney's Land" is a pleasant, tightly plotted and elegantly written book in a popular voice for a wide audience. That alone is enough to recommend it. If you don't know the particulars of the story, I'd start here and...
United States on Dec 10, 2019
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| Total Reviews | 26 reviews | 155 reviews | 260 reviews |
| U.S. State & Local History | U.S. State & Local History | ||
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.12 x 8.38 inches | 6.16 x 0.82 x 9.19 inches | |
| ISBN-10 | 1501190814 | 0593152387 | |
| Item Weight | 12.3 ounces | 1.05 pounds | |
| Language | English | English | |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1501190810 | 978-0593152386 | |
| Paperback | 448 pages | 464 pages | |
| Company Business Profiles (Books) | Company Business Profiles | ||
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| Publisher | Scribner; Reprint edition | Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition | |
| Best Sellers Rank | #101 in Entertainment Industry #607 in Company Business Profiles #4,223 in U.S. State & Local History | #94 in Entertainment Industry #221 in Computers & Technology Industry #3,895 in Leadership & Motivation | |
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United States on Mar 27, 2023