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* Donald Duck Joins Up; the Walt Disney Studio During World War II by Richard Shale (UMI Research Press, 1982)

* Storming the Magic Kingdom by John Taylor (Knopf, 1987)

* The Disney Studio Story by Richard Holliss & Brian Sibley (Crown, 1988)

* The Disney Touch by Ron Grover (Business One Irwin, 1991, 1997)

* Prince of the Magic Kingdom: Michael Eisner and the Re-Making of Disney by Joe Flower (Wiley, 1991)

* Disney Dons Dogtags: The Best of Disney Military Insignia from World War II by Walton Rawls (Abbeville, 1992)

* Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt & J.B. Kaufman (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993)

* The Disney Films by Leonard Maltin (Crown, 1973, 1984; Hyperion, 1995)

* Work in Progress by Michael Eisner & Tony Schwartz (Random House, 1998)

* Disney: The First 100 Years by Dave Smith & Steven Clark (Hyperion, 1999; Disney Editions, updated 2002)

* The Little Big Book of Disney by Monique Peterson (Disney Editions, 2001)

Walt and Roy Disney

* The Story of Walt Disney by Diane Disney Miller & Pete Martin (Holt, 1957)

* The Disney Version by Richard Schickel (Simon & Schuster, 1968, 1985, 1997)

* Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas (Simon & Schuster, 1976; Hyperion, 1994)

* The Man Behind the Magic; the Story of Walt Disney by Katherine & Richard Greene (Viking, 1991, 1998)

* Walt Disney: His Life in Pictures edited by Russell Schroeder (Disney Press, 1996)

* Walt Disney’s Railroad Story by Michael Broggie (Pentrex, 1997)

* The Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney and the American Way of Life by Steven Watts (H. Mifflin, 1997; 2001 pbk)

* Building a Company; Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire by Bob Thomas (Hyperion, 1998)

* Remembering Walt: Favorite Memories of Walt Disney by Howard Green & Amy Boothe Green (Hyperion, 1999)

* The Quotable Walt Disney compiled by Dave Smith (Disney Editions, 2001)

* Discovering Walt by Jean-Pierre Isbouts (Disney Editions, 2001)

* Inside the Dream: The Personal Story of Walt Disney by Katherine & Richard Greene (Disney Editions, 2001)

* Walt Disney’s Missouri by Brian Burnes, et al (Kansas City Star Books, 2002)

When Disney bought the Disneyland Hotel in the late 1980s, the Queen Mary attraction in Long Beach, California came along with it. In 1990, Disney unveiled plans for a theme park and more around the Queen Mary. Within a few years, Disney dropped plans for Long Beach and pulled out.

The Queen Mary attraction has had a rough time.

Now it looks like the area will finally get some renewal. Articles in the Long Beach Press-Telegram and the Los Angeles Times give the details of the auction of the lease, and the winning bidder’s plans.

From the Press-Telegram:

Save the Queen, which nearly negotiated an out-of-court, $49 million sale of the lease with the city last month, has described its plans for the site as a theme resort, not unlike Universal City Walk in Los Angeles. It counts Hix Rubenstein, a firm out of Mountain View, among its partners and is backed by iStar, Babcock & Brown and Garrison Investments.

From the Times:

The city, which owns the Queen Mary, had been trying to find a new partner for the ship after its leaseholder, Queen’s Seaport Development Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection two years ago. The ocean liner, which has been permanently docked in Long Beach Harbor for nearly 40 years, offers a hotel, restaurants, exhibits and other attractions.