Help For Disney School Project

[stitch131313]

I am doing a nice and long report on Walt Disney and I need some help finding sources. I need to have about 17 possible sources. If you know of any books or web sites with some good information I would really appreciate it. My report is focused on who he was as a person and not so much as what he did with his company. I have two of my sources "Walt Disney an American Original" and "How to Be Like Walt". Thank you so much for any help you can give me.

 

[stitch131313]

I don't want to beg, but, Please help me. I really need this information.

 

[vacationmadness]

I have a book called "The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life" by Steven Watts. It's all about Walt's public and private life. I know i read it a long time ago, but I honestly don't remember if it was good or not.

I also have "Walt Disney's Railroad Story" by Michael Broggie. It's pretty much about Walt's fascination with trains and how that influenced Disneyland. There are some sidebars and background info that you may be able to pull from.

Hope this helps.
Mike

 

[stitch131313]

Thanks, I'll look into those.

 

[Atta83]

Have you gone to your local library?? I know when i did a report on Disney a few ago I went to the library and found many helpful things. There are just so much on the internet, hard to sift through it all.

 

[stitch131313]

I'm probably going to do that tommorrow. I have to work tonight.

 

[Atta83]

So you are looking for stuff he did before he developed his mickey mouse cartoons, or before the creation of the park??

 

[stitch131313]

I'm looking for stuff on his life. The focus of my report is on who he was as a person, his personality, and at the risk of sounding corny, what made him tick.

 

[swimmom]

I have a book The Art of Walt Disney at home. I don't know the author however.

 

[TiggersPooh]

I have a book called "The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life" by Steven Watts. It's all about Walt's public and private life. I know i read it a long time ago, but I honestly don't remember if it was good or not.

I read that book for a project in did in my Heritage class...i thought that it was a very well written book with ALOT of information.

I would look for that book

 

[DizWiz]

Building a Company : Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire
by Bob Thomas is an excellent book. Although it's not specifically about Walt, it does tell the story of Walt and Roy's relationship growing up. It's a slightly different perspective on Walt. I highly recommend it.

 

[barnum42]

I have a book The Art of Walt Disney at home. I don't know the author however.

Christopher Finch is the Author

Building a Company : Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire
by Bob Thomas is an excellent book. Although it's not specifically about Walt, it does tell the story of Walt and Roy's relationship growing up. It's a slightly different perspective on Walt. I highly recommend it.

I double recommend the above book.

I have a DVD that concentrates a lot on the man himself - Walt The Man Behind The Myth. I bought it at the Disneyworld, but it is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001AVZWG/qid%3D1097692299/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-1155155-1565505

Online try The Walt Disney Family Museum:
http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/waltdisney/

All my other books concentrate on the parks or the films.

 

[stitch131313]

Thank You so much everyone. That really helped. I will look for those books tommorow. If you can think of any more please let me know. Again thank you!

 

[waltdisny]

Walt Disney, The Man Behind The Magic. An excellent book, especially on his early childhood.

I second Walt Disney's Railroad Story, it has a lot of wonderful insite into Walt's personallity and thought processes by someone who was rather close to him.

 

[barnum42]

Just been going through some bookmarks on my browser and came across this and thought it may be of use to you:

http://www.justdisney.com/WaltDisney100/biography01.html

 

[peter11435]

Im curious to know what this paper is for. I would love to be able to do a Disney related paper. If only my school would allow me.

 

[goofy for fire]

Being from Kansas City, Missouri which is close to Walt's boyhood home of Marceline, here is a very good website that gives you his life history from when he was born.


http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/waltdisney/maincollection/waltsstoryepisode01.html

Hope this helps in your report.

 

[stitch131313]

Im curious to know what this paper is for. I would love to be able to do a Disney related paper. If only my school would allow me.

This is for my Sr. Thesis class. I have to write 25 pages and Walt Disney seemed like the best idea.

 

[monorail_driver]

Post it??

Hey, after you get the paper done, is there a way you can upload it to a website for viewing? Would love to read it! I also have read a book full of quotes on worker's perspectives on Walt and quotes from Walt - I'll look up the title at the library and post it. The book is truly amazing, as it tells his whole life story through quotes!

 

[stitch131313]

Hey, after you get the paper done, is there a way you can upload it to a website for viewing? Would love to read it! I also have read a book full of quotes on worker's perspectives on Walt and quotes from Walt - I'll look up the title at the library and post it. The book is truly amazing, as it tells his whole life story through quotes!

When I finish the paper I will be happy to post it. It wont be done until December.