Jeff Kurtti is a leading authority on The Walt Disney Company, its founder, and its history. He is the author of more than twenty books, a writer-director of award-winning documentary content, and a respected public speaker. A Seattle, Washington native, Kurtti worked as a production coordinator on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, followed by two years as the assistant to the president of the California Institute of the Arts. For several years, he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme park design division of The Walt Disney Company, and then for the Corporate Special Projects department of Disney. Since 1995, Kurtti has enjoyed a career as an author, writer, and consultant in the motion picture, theatre, and theme park entertainment industries. He was creative director, content consultant, and media producer for The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and a producer of The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, a critically acclaimed documentary about the famed songwriters.
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scholar
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traveler. Join Walt Disney and his family as they explore the world
in this exceptional travelogue written by noted Disney historian
Jeff Kurtti."
--David Lesjak, author and Disney historian
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himself?), Jeff Kurtti has written another supremely researched and
written book about the world of Walt Disney--except that this time,
Walt's world is exactly that. In exploring the heretofore
under-researched subject of Walt and his extensive travels, Jeff
relates the stories behind everything from gypsy jaunts to lengthy
cruises, from exotic locales to Disneyland and beyond, with his
usual elegant authority. Also included in this beautifully-designed
volume are rare, lovingly curated photos and a generous sampling of
Walt's own words and writings on the subjects of travel and
transportation. There are even some surprises along the way, such
as pageants, parades and premieres. And since Jeff has long delved
into the most hidden details of Disney history, there are little
known nuggets of knowledge that will give even the most ardent
Disney fan and Walt follower a most apt thrill of discovery. In
reading the fascinating text and perusing the photos and other
images, readers will find themselves in the company of two of the
most intriguing travelers imaginable, Kurtti and Disney."
--Jim Fanning, Disney author and historian
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perfect guide in this fascinating, authoritative journal that
chronicles Walt Disney's eclectic world travels. The lively text is
profusely illustrated with rare photographs and delightful artwork.
Highly recommended!"
--John Canemaker, NYU professor and head of Animation Studies
PRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY"It's no small feat to do what
Jeff Kurtti has done in Travels with Walt Disney--he has assembled
an absorbing scrapbook of rarely seen photos, unique artifacts, and
revealing quotes that trace the many Disney journeys that would
eventually become the Disney tales that shaped our imaginations.
There's so much detail here that you'll begin to wonder if Walt
ever stayed home. Thank goodness for us he didn't."
--Jason Cochran, Editor-in-Chief, Frommers.com
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excursions (to France during the last days of WWI) his travels by
trains (of course!), boats and planes, his great adventure South of
the Border, his visits to Europe which fired his imagination,
inspired films and had an influence on Disneyland and other
projects. The book also shows how Walt's ever-widening perspective
on the world helped shape series such as the True Life Adventures
and plans for creating better world communities. The book is
literally stuffed with official and family photos charting the
itineraries of a busy life and full career."
--Brian Sibley, writer, broadcaster, and Disney scholar
PRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY"My job has me traveling a great
deal. Once in Vienna with the late Roy E. Disney, we got into a bit
of financial challenge when we discovered that there was a problem
using credit cards in Austria, and that we needed a very large
amount of cash to cover our expenses. Roy and I were a bit
flummoxed, and I met with the elderly Manager of our hotel. She
told me a glorious story of Walt staying in the very same hotel
when he made his two beloved films set there, one about the
Lipizzaner Stallions and one about the Vienna Boy Choir. She said
Walt helped give Austria pride again after WWII, and that, of
course, the hotel would front us any cash we needed. She 'knew' we
were good for it. I've found that as a longtime Disney employee,
everywhere I go people know of Walt Disney. His reputation and
extraordinary achievements seem universal. What surprised me in
Jeff Kurtti's new book, Travels with Walt Disney, is that Walt
himself was a world traveler, crossing the country and circling the
globe for his myriad projects and vacations with his family. This
'photographic voyage' is a fascinating and entertaining view of
Walt's world."
--Thomas Schumacher, president and producer, Disney Theatrical
Productions
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man you thought you knew pretty much everything about. A really
great look at the public, the professional, and the private
Walt."
--Gary Trousdale, co-director, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback
of Notre Dame
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adventurer at heart. . . . Disney didn't record all his adventures
in one place, but a new book does just that. . . . There are
pictures of the young Walt sketching cartoons in his Red Cross
barracks, sweet family photos of the Disney family on vacation, and
candid, behind-the-scenes shots of the animator having fun on
set."
--Parade
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the world with Walt Disney, to sit at a cafe, hear his stories, and
to see the world through the eyes of one of the greatest
storytellers of the twentieth century? Now, in the pages and
pictures of this incredible travelogue, Jeff Kurtti takes us on
that magical trip in a one-of-a-kind way."
--Don Hahn, producer, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast
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--POPSUGAR
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