Disney historians Didier Ghez and JB Kaufman will both be present at D23 Expo from Friday to Sunday at the Hyperion Historical Alliance-Ryman Arts booth (210E) to autograph their books and monographs.
- Didier Ghez's new hard-cover, fully-illustrated monograph, The Origins of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures will be released exclusively at the Expo.
- Due to supply chain issues, only 75 advance copies will be available during the Expo. If you want to get your copy before November / December this will be the only place to do so.
- Ghez provided descriptions of the monograph’s five chapters:
- “The first chapter deals with the genesis of the True-Life Adventures: the research trip to Maine in 1938 during the making of Bambi. (It includes never-seen-before photographs of the trip and a first-person account of it!)“
- “The second chapter focuses on Disney's educational projects during WWII (in a lot more detail than what we knew until now).“
- “The third chapter covers Al and Elma Milotte's one-year-long trip to Alaska and quotes from their correspondence and recently rediscovered autobiography.”
- “The fourth chapter gives information about the roads not taken: the early shelved True-Life Adventures.”
- “Finally, the fifth chapter tells the story of the making of the first of the True-Life Adventures: ‘Seal Island.’”
- At the HHA booth guests will also be able to get copies of:
- J.B. Kaufman's monograph about "The Making of Walt Disney's Fun and Fancy Free" (only 40 copies remain)
- Previous issues of the "Hyperion Historical Alliance Annual" journal
- Copies of the newly-released "2021/2022 Hyperion Historical Alliance Annual"
What they’re saying:
- Disney historian Didier Ghez: "I am very, very proud of the new monograph and consider its content to be quite revolutionary. It is the very first time this story is being told; most of the sources I used had never been accessed before (that includes the papers of artist Holling C. Holling, the lost autobiography of Al and Elma Milotte and much more); and most of the 100+ illustrations are seen in book form for the very first time.”