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Walt Before Mickey: Disney’s Early Years, 1919-1928 by Timothy S. Susanin
Walt Disney’s Missouri: The Roots of a Creative Genius by Brian Burnes, Dan Viets, Robert Butler
Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: Walt Disney and Technology by Christian Moran
Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt, J.B. Kaufman
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler
The Disney Story: Chronicling the Man, the Mouse, and the Parks by Aaron H Goldberg
Travels with Walt Disney: A Photographic Voyage Around the World by Jeff Kurtti
Walt Disney’s Disneyland by Chris Nichols
Walt Disney’s Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks by Don Iwerks
Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks
The Unofficial Walt Disney World 1971 Companion: Stories of How the World Began by Jim Korkis
Dream It! Do It!: My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar
The Life and Times of Ward Kimball: Maverick of Disney Animation by Todd James Pierce
Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai by Vanessa Hunt
The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies by Jason Surrell
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnson & Frank Thomas
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse — The Ultimate History by David Gerstein and J. B. Kaufman
Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation by Mindy Johnson
Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career I Am Walt Disney by Kevin Rafferty
Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Disney’s Magical Mid-Century by Don Hahn
Travels With Figment On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams by Marty Sklar
The Disneyland Railroad: A Complete History in Words and Pictures by Steve DeGaetano
The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney’s Great Animators by Andrew Deja
Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park by Todd James Pierce