Three Years in Wonderland
The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park
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April 1, 2016
Major companies and banks were not interested in sponsoring the fanciful, and sure to fail, concept of a theme park when Walt Disney floated the idea, especially at a time when television was causing turmoil among the Walt Disney Company's relationships with its traditional partners--theater chains. Here, Pierce (creative writing, California Polytechnic State Univ.; Newsworld) chronicles the early life of C.V. Wood (1920-92), a smooth-talking Texan who would become integral to the building, funding, and opening of Disneyland amid often contentious collaboration with Walt and Roy Disney. The author goes beyond the official history of the resort, sharing the backroom deals, conflict, and near failures that went into selecting a location, purchasing large parcels of land, and designing and developing the park's novel rides. Readers will get an inside look at the Disney brothers and their dubious yet immensely charismatic associate Wood, along with Disneyland's near disastrous opening day in 1955. VERDICT With the extensive appeal of the backstory of America's original theme park, this book will be equally engaging for those drawn to the origins of such destinations, mid-19th-century American workplace culture, California history, and all things Disney.--Zebulin Evelhoch, Central Washington Univ. Lib.
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