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Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneyland
by David Koenig
from Bonaventure Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Mouse Tales - The rear end of Disneyland 
Mouse Tales by David Koenig is a well-researched look at the reality behind the mask or illusion created by Walt Disney. It's a look at the park made by a man for his family to enjoy, and how it was taken over by a corporation interested in selling product to the masses. But besides this ugly story, there's moments of light that shine through, although David does degenerate into the darkest moments of Disney's history. He spends a lot of time rehashing employee stories about management and Disneyland guests... more info
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book was somewhat interesting but too negative 
The author took a very negative approach to reviewing Disney. A bit like the National Enquirer.
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Laundry List of Unattributed Anecdotes
I thought that this book might make amusing reading, and for the first few pages I was entertained. After awhile though, reading hundreds of one-and-two sentence anecdotes becomes rather dull. Worse yet, about 95% of the anecdotes have no attribution. Are the statements true? The result of wishful thinking? Who knows? I skimmed the last half of the book because I just could not deal any longer reading laundry list after laundry list after laundry list.
The writing style was peculiarly adolescent, and... more info
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Fascinating stories! 
I really, really enjoyed this book! I loved reading about the development of the park, and the various changes that happened over time. The stories about the antics of the staff were hilarious! This is a great behind-the-scenes book.
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