AggieDizzer
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2019
In the movie "Saving Mister Banks", there's a scene where Walt speaks candidly to Ms Travers about his younger days running a paper route for his father back in Marceline. It really struck me that as much as I love the man who has become our "Uncle Walt", I really know very little about his back story. Rather than just grab a book off a shelf somewhere, does anyone have a biography they would recommend as the definitive Walt Disney biography? (Or 2?)
I would go right to Disney and see what they have, but I'm trying to avoid a sterilized version of the story. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and I would love to try to have an unfiltered look at this great man.
Lastly, I am also interested in Walt as a businessman. If there are any thoughts on a book or books about how he built the company, his attitude toward, well, the "business side of the business", I would appreciate those suggestions as well.
Thanks in advance!
I would go right to Disney and see what they have, but I'm trying to avoid a sterilized version of the story. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and I would love to try to have an unfiltered look at this great man.
Lastly, I am also interested in Walt as a businessman. If there are any thoughts on a book or books about how he built the company, his attitude toward, well, the "business side of the business", I would appreciate those suggestions as well.
Thanks in advance!