Born in 1948, i grew up under the enormous influence of Disney. The movie "Bambi" was perhaps my first memory and that memory led me to making friends with a wild yearling buck this past summer. After finally getting to Disneyland in 1961 and being fascinated with Main Street, I had the enjoyable experience of watching the resurrection of my home town Marshall, Michigan, the closet thing I've ever seen to what Disney's Main Street inspires. Decades later I renovated my own 1874 house in Fredericksburg, Virginia's historic district. And today, i'm still engaged with the hope that Americans can find a way to treasure their past and look forward to the future, just as Walt would've wanted it. This book reminded me of where that hope came from.