History books

[BongoFury]

What are the best books about the history of WDW?

[micky95]

i havent read any on the history of wdw but i have read a couple about walt disney. i have seen some in the stores for sale at dtd but you might be able to check with your local library for some or try a book store.:mickey:

[Tink1]

I liked "Storming the Magic Kingdom" but I believe it is out of print. It is about the struggle for company control in the early 1980's.


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[sportsguy2315]

I recommend Richard Vogelsong's Married to the Mouse. It goes into great detail about how intertwined WDW and the city of Orlando are.

[Scott C]

Since the World Began by Jeff Kurtii and anything else he has written

Thanks
Scott C

[brownie]

This will probably be moved since it's more of a Mousellaneous topic...


Since the World Began: Walt Disney World the First 25 Years by Jeff Kurtti
Walt Disney's EPCOT Center by Richard Beard
The Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park[i] by Melody Malmberg
[i]Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture by Beth Dunlop
Walt Disney World: Then, Now, & Forever by Bruce Gordon & Jeff Kurtti
Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of Show by John Hench with Peggy VanPelt
The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak by Jason Surrell
Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando by Richard Foglesong
Spinning Disney's World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent by Charles Ridgeway
Walt's Revolution! By the Numbers by Harrison "Buzz" Price
Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World by Chad Emerson
Walt Disney's Imagineering Legends: And the Genesis of the Disney Theme Parks by Jeff Kurtti
Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America by Stephen Fjellman
The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom (Updated)
The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot (Updated)
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Hollywood Studios
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[BongoFury]

This will probably be moved since it's more of a Mousellaneous topic...


Since the World Began: Walt Disney World the First 25 Years by Jeff Kurtti
Walt Disney's EPCOT Center by Richard Beard
The Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park[i] by Melody Malmberg
[i]Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture by Beth Dunlop
Walt Disney World: Then, Now, & Forever by Bruce Gordon & Jeff Kurtti
Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of Show by John Hench with Peggy VanPelt
The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak by Jason Surrell
Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando by Richard Foglesong
Spinning Disney's World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent by Charles Ridgeway
Walt's Revolution! By the Numbers by Harrison "Buzz" Price
Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World by Chad Emerson
Walt Disney's Imagineering Legends: And the Genesis of the Disney Theme Parks by Jeff Kurtti
Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America by Stephen Fjellman
The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom (Updated)
The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot (Updated)
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Hollywood Studios
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom


Wow! I didn't know there were so many. Thanks.

[barnaby]

Never read it but heard Disney War is pretty good.

[TiggerFan13]

Since the World Began by Jeff Kurtii and anything else he has written

Thanks
Scott C

I totally agree. I have and read this book a number of times.