The man behind the magic: the story of Walt Disney

Katherine Greene, Richard Greene

Viking, Nov 9, 1998 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 182 pages

Follows the life of Walt Disney from his boyhood on a Missouri farm through his struggles as a young animator to his building of a motion picture and amusement park empire.

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User Review  - Lacy - Goodreads

I love everything Disney or Mickey Mouse related. This was a good read learning about the creative genius behind it all.

Review: The Man behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney

User Review  - Greg - Goodreads

Walt Disney was a genius. At a very early age he was creative, inventive and a dreamer. He could do just about anything, but he always had to be in control. he was never short of ideas, and he seldom ...

About the author

Richard Greene is a professor of English at the University of Toronto and the editor of the highly acclaimed Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell. He is also writing a biography of Sitwell.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The man behind the magic: the story of Walt Disney
• Authors: Katherine Greene, Richard Greene
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Viking, 1998
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Mar 18, 2011
• ISBN: 0670884766, 9780670884766
• Length: 182 pages
• Subjects: Animators; Animators/ United States/ Biography/ Juvenile literature; Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / Cartooning; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Performing Arts; Motion pictures; Motion pictures/ Biography; Performing Arts / Animation; Performing Arts / Film & Video / General