Historian and teacher, Andrew Kiste, is the author of the three-volume A Historical Tour of Walt Disney World, which discusses the historical accuracy of Walt Disney World’s most popular attractions, and Walt Disney and the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair: Great Moments, which utilizes in-depth research to tell the story of the partnership between the Walt Disney Company and the State of Illinois. He recently released the first in a new trilogy series, entitled The Early Life of Walt Disney, which discusses the years between Walt Disney’s birth and the “birth” of Mickey Mouse in 1928.