The animated man a life of Walt Disney - Barrier, J. Michael (Univ. of California Press, 2007)
Introduction: "It's all me" -- 1. "The Pet in the Family": on the farm and in the city, 1901-1923 -- 2. "A cute Idea" the self-taught filmmaker, 1923-1928 -- 3. "You've got to really be Minnie" building a better Mouse, 1928-1933 -- 4. "This Character wa a live person" the leap to feature films, 1934-1938 -- 5. "A drawing factory" Ambitions' price, 1938-1941 -- 6. "A queer, quick, delightful gink" on a Treadmill, 1941-1947 -- 7. "Caprices and spurts of childishness" escaping from animation, 1947-1953 -- 8. "He was interested in something else" escaping from film, 1953-1959 -- 9. "Where I am Happy" restless in the magic Kingdom, 1959-1965 -- 10. "He drove himself right up to the end" dreaming of a nightmare city, 1965-1966 - Afterword: "Let's never not be a silly company"
Includes bibliographical references and index