Richard Snow spent nearly four decades at American Heritage magazine, serving as editor in chief for seventeen years, and has been a consultant on historical motion pictures, among them Glory, and has written for documentaries, including the Burns brothers’ Civil War, and Ric Burns’s award-winning PBS film Coney Island, whose screenplay he wrote. He is the author of multiple books, including, most recently, Disney’s Land.

“Entertaining…Mr. Snow [proves] to be as solid a storyteller as Walt Disney himself.” —The Wall Street Journal “Disney fans will enjoy this rendering of the founder and entrepreneurs will find their time well spent inside the covers of Snow’s book.” —Associated Press “Disneyland is rarely mentioned as a milestone American invention, but it should be…The captivating origin story of the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ is well-told in Disney’s Land, the latest work from esteemed historian and novelist Richard Snow. It’s a rollicking read befitting the home of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, chock full of Alice-in-Wonderland-level surprises, with the grandeur of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, and other delightful details (Walt Disney would eat his favorite hot dog lunch from a cart, walk away, and place garbage receptacles at the exact spot he finished his frankfurter.)” —Medium

Richard Snow spent nearly four decades at American Heritage magazine, serving as editor in chief for seventeen years, and has been a consultant on historical motion pictures, among them Glory, and has written for documentaries, including the Burns brothers’ Civil War, and Ric Burns’s award-winning PBS film Coney Island, whose screenplay he wrote. He is the author of multiple books, including, most recently, Disney’s Land.

“Entertaining…Mr. Snow [proves] to be as solid a storyteller as Walt Disney himself.” —The Wall Street Journal “Disney fans will enjoy this rendering of the founder and entrepreneurs will find their time well spent inside the covers of Snow’s book.” —Associated Press “Disneyland is rarely mentioned as a milestone American invention, but it should be…The captivating origin story of the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ is well-told in Disney’s Land, the latest work from esteemed historian and novelist Richard Snow. It’s a rollicking read befitting the home of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, chock full of Alice-in-Wonderland-level surprises, with the grandeur of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, and other delightful details (Walt Disney would eat his favorite hot dog lunch from a cart, walk away, and place garbage receptacles at the exact spot he finished his frankfurter.)” —Medium