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Reddit mentions of Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empires

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Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empires
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Height9.5 Inches
Length6.5 Inches
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Release dateJuly 1998
Weight1.5101664947 Pounds
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Found 2 comments on Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empires:

u/RobPlaysThatGame ยท 5 pointsr/disney

My favorites in no particular order:

Realityland - Goes into the history of Walt Disney World, with a heavy focus on the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. It covers MGM and the Animal Kingdom as well, but you can tell the author has a real ax to grind with Michael Eisner, and so the second half of the book comes off him being bitter about change. Regardless, it's worth a read and the front half on the first phase and Epcot are really interesting.

Disney War - Possibly my favorite Disney book. It covers the Michael Eisner era of the company, from him and Wells joining in the 80s to Bob Iger taking over. This book covers all of the aspects of the company, not just the parks, and is very inside baseball. I love it because it covers a lot of the projects and decisions the company makes from a business perspective rather than from a storytelling/magic/enjoyment level.

Building a Company - This is Bob Thomas' biography for Roy O Disney. I'm a fan of this one because it offers an alternate perspective on the early years, by focusing on Roy instead of Walt. Similar to Disney War, it covers a lot of the same history that you'd get out of a Walt biography, but with more of a lean on the business element.

In Service to the Mouse - The memoirs of Jack Lindquist. It's a fun easy read full of random anecdotes and memories from his time at the Disney company, all the way up to him being made president of Disneyland.

u/far_from_waves ยท 1 pointr/disney

If you liked Walt's biography by Bob Thomas, he wrote a great bio about Roy Disney. Walt was the man, but none of his dreams would have happened without Roy.

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