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Ranging from the playful, to the fact-filled, and to the thoughtful, this collection tracks the fortunes of Walt Disney’s flagship character. From the first full-fledged review of his screen debut in November 1928 to the present day, Mickey Mouse has won millions of fans and charmed even the harshest of critics. Almost half of the eighty-one texts in __A Mickey Mouse Reader__ document the Mouse’s rise to glory from that first cartoon, __Steamboat Willie__, through his seventh year when his first color animation, __The Band Concert__, was released. They include two important early critiques, one by the American culture critic Gilbert Seldes and one by the famed English novelist E. M. Forster. Articles and essays chronicle the continued rise of Mickey Mouse to the rank of true icon. He remains arguably the most vivid graphic expression to date of key traits of the American character―pluck, cheerfulness, innocence, energy, and fidelity to family and friends. Among press reports in the book is one from June 1944 that puts to rest the urban legend that “Mickey Mouse” was a password or code word on D-Day. It was, however, the password for a major pre-invasion briefing. Other items illumi

Who reads A Mickey Mouse Reader?

Author

Garry Apgar

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781628461039

Category

reference

Subjects

Art, Fiction, Reference

Rating

3.88 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14