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27%OFFMichael Barrier - The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney - 9780520256194 - V9780520256194
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The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney

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Description for The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney Paperback. Offers documented accounts of Disney's childhood and young adulthood in rural Missouri and Kansas City. This book sheds light on such episodes in Disney's life as the devastating 1941 strike at his studio, when his ambitions as artist and entrepreneur first came into serious conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film, the history of American business, and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. He was both a creative visionary and a dynamic entrepreneur, roles whose demands he often could not reconcile. In his compelling new biography, noted animation historian Michael Barrier avoids the well-traveled paths of previous biographers, who have tended to portray a blemish-free Disney or to indulge in lurid speculation. Instead, he takes the full measure of the man in ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
414
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520256194
SKU
V9780520256194
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About Michael Barrier
Michael Barrier founded and edited Funnyworld, the first serious magazine devoted to animation and the comics. He is the author of Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (1999).

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