{"product_id":"walt-disney-the-triumph-of-the-american-imagination-9780679757474","title":"Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER\u003c\/i\u003e'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME - The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films-most notably \u003ci\u003eSnow White, Fantasia, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBambi\u003c\/i\u003e. In his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Walt Disney is a revelation of both the work and the man-of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Biography of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeal Gabler is the author of five books: \u003ci\u003eAn Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity, Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWalt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eBarbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity and Power\u003c\/i\u003e for the Yale Jewish Lives series. His essays and articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Playboy, Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has been the recipient of two \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prizes, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's nonfiction book of the year, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e's biography of the year, a National Book Critics Circle nomination, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Public Policy Scholarship at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Shorenstein Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Patrick Henry Fellowship at Washington College's C.V. Starr Center. He has also served as the chief nonfiction judge of the National Book Awards. Gabler is currently a professor for the MFA program at Stonybrook Southampton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629995233554,"sku":"9780679757474","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9067719f-332b-4a57-8820-6f474e821234.jpg?v=1732739528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/walt-disney-the-triumph-of-the-american-imagination-9780679757474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}