Waking Walt by Larry Pontius, Marty Cummiins (Based On Work by)
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- Pub. Date: December 2002
- 427pp
- Sales Rank: 561,376
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 2002
- Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 427pp
- Sales Rank: 561,376
- ISBN-13: 9780595254255
- ISBN: 059525425X
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A spellbinding take on one of America’s most enduring urban legends. Could it be true; Walt Disney was never cremated and buried at Forest Lawn as the official story goes?
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January 29, 2005: Waking Walt by Larry Pontius is a novel that everyone should read. The style and detail make you believe that Cryonics has advanced to the point of working. The ?what ifs? are the mainstay of this book. What if a ruthless corporate raider attempted to take over the Disney Corporation and sell off the assets which then would be the end of everything Walt Disney worked for? Is it too late to save or are there those that know the secret of Walt's death? Walt still has many friends and protectors. And Walt is tougher than some give him credit to be. Larry Pontius has written a Blue Ribbon novel that should place him at the top of the heap in the literary field. Only one word describes my analysis of this book: Fantastic. Review by Bobby Ruble, Author, ?Have No Mercy? and Co-Author with Kam Ruble, ?Have No Mercy II:Black Rosebud?.
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July 14, 2004: What if you were one of the world's most revered, imaginative, and business-savvy people? Then, imagine resting on death's doorstep, and being cryogenically suspended in the 1960's, when this idea was so much science fiction...but the rest of the world thinks you're dead and buried. What happens forty years later when a cure for your illness is found? WAKING WALT is what happens. And, does it ever. ~NEW PARA~ The story in and of itself is spellbinding, but the true meat of this novel is the people. How on earth Mr. Pontius kept track of all of these extraordinary characters is beyond me, but he does so without skipping a beat, creating a cast of individuals easily recognizable from their body language and dialogue, alone. Most of them elderly, each still changes and grows, within what is called the Circle -- a select few of Walt Disney's closest friends and associates. When one dies, another must replace him. Enter poor Harry Poole, the nephew of recently deceased member, Arthur Nolan. One of the more fumbling and engaging characters, Harry is let in on the Circle's secret, and is hard pressed to keep from committing the men to the old folks'loony bin; however, since he has nothing too pressing going on in his life right now, he agrees to join them. Oh, little does Harry know how his life will drastically change from that moment on. ~NEW PARA~ The basic premise of the story is to wake up Walt Disney from cryonic suspension in order to halt a ruthless corporate raider's attempt to take over The Disney Company. What ensues is a fast-paced race against time for the Circle and all involved. Written with high panache, WAKING WALT is rich in the pitfalls of greed; laced with humor, chills, thrills, murder, and human drama. I defy anyone to put this book down once they start reading it. ~NEW PARA~ If you favor intense, gritty, passionate novels that don't let up, WAKING WALT is the book for you. I look forward to reading much more from this talented spinner of a darn good tall tale!
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