Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park

by Todd James Pierce

Book Overview

While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there was a third, mostly forgotten dynamo instrumental to the development of the park--fast-talking Texan C. V. Wood. Three Years in Wonderland presents the never-before-told, full story of "the happiest place on earth." Using information from over one hundred unpublished interviews, Todd James Pierce lays down the arc of Disneyland's development from an idea to a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628462418
• ISBN13: 9781628462418
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"