Disney's land : Walt Disney and the invention of the amusement park that changed the world

Snow, Richard, 1947- author.

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Book

New York : Scribner, 2019.

©2019

xvi, 408 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

"Presents the story of Disneyland, from vision to realization, and an epic of innovation and error that reflects the uniqueness of the man determined to build 'the happiest place on earth' with a watchmaker's precision, an artist's conviction, and the desperate, high-hearted recklessness of a riverboat gambler"-- Provided by publisher.

Architecture, American.

Architecture and society -- United States.

Disneyland (Calif.) -- History.

Sunday, July 17, 1955, 4 a.m. -- How I got to Disneyland -- A horrible name for a mouse -- The Railroad Fair -- The Lilly Belle -- World's Fairs, Coney Island, and the decline of the amusement park -- Dwarf Land -- Getting started -- Buzz and Woody -- Orange County -- Buying on the sly -- Roy -- Like nothing else in the world -- The almost broadcasting company -- Selling the idea -- Imagineering -- The Admiral -- The instant jungle -- Arrow -- Harriet and the model shop -- Real trains -- King of the wild frontier -- The struggle for sponsors -- Van Arsdale France founds a school -- The Pony Farm -- Demands of the Jungle Cruise -- Milking the elephant -- Autopia -- The Moonliner -- Through the castle gate -- The perfectionist at work -- Ruth's role -- Union troubles -- "We're not going to make it" -- Tempus fugit -- Dateline: Disneyland -- Dateline behind the cameras: Black Sunday -- Damage control -- Something worthwhile -- Plussing -- The mountain and the monorail -- Disneyland '59 -- "Do you have rocket-launching pads there?" -- Suing God in heaven -- A perfect fascist regime -- The greatest piece of urban design -- The first goodbye -- Beautiful?

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