{"product_id":"call-me-walt-jim-korkis-9798896090274","title":"Call Me Walt: Everything You Never Knew About Walt Disney","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinally ... The Real Walt Disney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the half century since his death, Walt Disney has picked up a lot of biographical baggage. Fans see him as a saint, critics as a fraud. Was he kindly Uncle Walt, or a racist, rapacious tycoon? Disney historian Jim Korkis puts the rumors to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Walt Disney has been told many times. He's been portrayed as an \"American original\", an \"animated man\", and a \"dark prince.\" Walt was all of these things, and others besides. Who you get depends on who's telling the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Call Me Walt, Korkis lets the story tell itself, through interviews, an examination of media reports, Walt Disney's own words, and a comprehensive analysis of the positives and the negatives, the facets and the flaws, that characterize everyone's life, famous or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForget \"Uncle Walt.\" Forget the \"Dark Prince of Hollywood.\" Those are lazy labels for a man who remains fascinating because he can't be relegated to a role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think you know Walt Disney, you probably don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Korkis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896090274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Jim Korkis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747806662911,"sku":"9798896090274","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc91c413-8d5c-4819-8554-48f9f971c2e1.jpg?v=1743584788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/call-me-walt-jim-korkis-9798896090274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}