Rebecca Cline (Director of Disney Archives) and Steven Clark (D23 Founder) released the long anticipated "Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember" on Sep 6 of this year. Then within hours the book was recalled and public appearances for signing of the book were cancelled. For the few who could get a copy before it was pulled from vendors, the question of why it was recalled has been looming. But the Disneyana community thinks they know. The first Disneyland employee, first General Manager, and first Vice-President of Disneyland, C.V. Wood is surprisingly not a well known name. This is because he has been removed from Disney history for the last 60 years. Despite overseeing the construction of the park for Walt and Roy, Disney has never published any information about him. This is most likely due to Woody (that's what he was called) being let go of shortly after Disneyland opened and then going on to be a competitor to Disney, working on other theme parks like Six Flags. But shockingly, "he who must not be named" just got named for the first time ever by Disney along with a full 2 page photo of Woody, Walt, and other WED staff during the construction phase of the park. So what do you think? Is this the reason that Disney has had their first recall of a major Disney history publication? Will we see a second edition of the book with C.V. removed? Or is there another reason why this book, which was released only 8 weeks ago, can not be found anywhere but Ebay (yes, even Amazon has removed the entire product page!).
