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Vezi oferta la libris.ronThe story of the dynamic, driven, and sometimes despised third wheel in the creation of America's iconic theme park 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 Using information from over one hundred unpublished interviews, Todd James Pierce lays down the arc of Disneyland's development from an idea to a paragon of entertainment. In the early 1950s, the Disney brothers hired Wood and his team to develop a feasibility study for an amusement park Walt wanted to build in southern California. Woody quickly became a central figure. In 1954, Roy Disney hired him as Disneyland's first official employee, its first general manager, and appointed him vice president of Disneyland, Inc., where his authority was exceeded only by Walt. A brilliant project manager, Wood was also a con man of sorts. Previously, he had forged his university diploma. A smooth-talker and a man drawn to dirty jokes, the executive valued money over art. As relations soured between Wood and the Disney brothers, Wood began to extort lessees and leverage his position for personal aggrandizement. Eventually, he committed his most serious crime: arson. In compelling detail, Three Years in Wonderland lays out the struggles and rewards of building the world's first cinema
