Three Years in Wonderland

By Todd James Pierce,

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

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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…

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1 author picked Three Years in Wonderland as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

David A. Bossert

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This is an excellent book on understanding how Disneyland developed and some of the crazy things that Walt Disney was advised to do for his theme park. What I love about this book is the full behind-the-scenes look at how Disneyland came into being and the philosophy behind the decisions that were made in those early years.

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