title: Mouse Under Glass : Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks
author:  David Koenig 
description: Raised in the shadow of the Matterhorn, David Koenig has become the world's foremost Disney "outsider," through four behind-the-scenes books about Disney's theme parks and animated movies, and as a columnist for MousePlanet.com
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  t h e a n i m a t e d m a n
  
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  The Animated Man
  
   **A L I F E O F W A L T D I S N E Y**
  
  m i c h a e l b a r r i e r
  
  u n i v e r s i t y o f c a l i f o r n i a p r e s s b e r k e l e y
  
  l o s a n g e l e s
  
  l o n d o n
  
  _Frontispiece._ Disney draws Mickey Mouse at a reception at the Savoy Hotel in
  London in 1946.
  
  Quigley Photographic Collection, Walt Disney
  
  File, Georgetown University Library, Special
  
  Collections Division, Washington, D.C.
  
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