. . . the Walt Disney Company had been effectively portrayed
as an enemy of American history and a plunderer
of sacred ground. . . .

Michael Eisner, Chairman of the Walt Disney Company
Work in Progress, (New York: Random House), page 337

Disney Documents PLUS
-- concerning the canceled
Disney's America, Haymarket, Virginia --
which Eisner expected to open in 1998

In his Random House book, Work in Progress, Michael Eisner writes
that of all projects during his first decade as head of Disney,
he was the most passionate about Disney's America,
personally making, reviewing, and approving theme park plans and site selection.

And, if your MultiMedia audio is turned on and up, you can also hear,
by waiting several seconds, Emblaze 2004 streaming audio
(no ordinary software plugins needed) from the web developer/producer
on the Disneyfication of history.

What was gained by defeating Disney?    It's been 10 years -- Washington Post  in November 24, 2003 story asks what did bumping the Disney theme park from nearby Virginia's Prince William County accomplish? FAX (updated in 2003) to Horton Foote from Chotank.com web developer/producer on location that Michael Eisner selected for Disney's Virginia theme park with President Clinton's December 20, 2000 remarks about Oscar-winner Horton Foote and other footnotes Washington Post story names key Bush Cabinet member Colin Powell. By publishing the WP story, Chotank reveals involvement of ABC correspondents in Disney's America controversy run-up before Disney purchased the network Read heated conversation about Disney that included Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel, Brit Hume, Colin Powell -- US Secretary of State, Mary Matalin -- Vice President Cheney's former Press Aide, James Carville from Clinton White House . . . Historian's Letter to Michael Eisner Disney Offers on Waverley (site of Disney's America) Archaeological Survey at Waverley Farms and Squire Tract Discussion, Disney and Michael Eisner Invade Virginia University Academic Paper on Disney's America -- Read 1995 Report. To see different British Film Institute Conference paper with 2004 Miami Herald quote by Edward Wasserman, professor of journalism ethics, Washington and Lee University, please scroll on down to bottom of yellow page Joe Black's pages featuring artists' conceptions of Disney's America theme areas Statement to PROTECT by Betty Rankin Ken Burns, TV producer, Opposes Disney's Plans $3,000,000 Buys Disney's Virginia Headquarters Avon Edward Foote's 1994 Letter to Disney Concerning Waverley -- with 12 February 2004 report from MSNBC that says Washington Post reporter believes Eisner is haunted by his failure to turn land in Prince William County, Virginia into a Disneyfied history theme park Letter to Annie Snyder from Betty Rankin, President and Cofounder, "Save the Battlefield Coalition" Original 1993 Disney Press Release on Disney's America, with its planned 1998 opening announced by Michael Eisner Michael Eisner's Remarks of January 4, 1996 to Disney stockholders Work in Progress (Lessons Learned -- an excerpt) "Disney's America" chapter by Michael Eisner with Tony Schwartz, published in late 1998 by Random House If you follow this link please close new browser window to return to this page. The Cosmos Club Journal: The Battle to Stop Disney's America (1997) by Nick Kotz (of Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia) and Rudy Abramson (of Florence, Alabama before moving to Oxford to attend University of Mississippi) If you follow this link please close new browser window to return to this page. CHOTANK Home Thornwood Publishers selling CHOTANKERS -- the BOOK Federal, state, and private organizations are investing $1,500,000 in the Bald Eagle habitat project, preserving Horton Foote's and Shelby Foote's ancestral home on Chotank Creek in King George County, Virginia. Read the Washington Post story from August 4, 2001 METRO section: Get "Heeding the Call of the Wild on Northern Neck" from WP archives -- Post has started requiring free registration for access to article Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Avon Edward Foote Chotank@aol.com

• ATTENTION 2003-2004 College Students: We are interested in hearing from students who have used this collection in conjunction with their studies and especially in papers for classes. Did you read the related Washington Post story link about CHOTANK becoming a protected Bald Eagle habitat? Are you having difficulty finding Work in Progress by Michael Eisner? Would you like to read "Disneyfication in the New Media Chunnel: When Image Myth Takes Over", a paper presented at 2001 British Film Institute Global Conference in London? Then see Chotank link below. Click here to send E-mail to the paper's author.

Disneyfication in the New Media Chunnel: When Image Myth Takes Over
Roy Disney's 2004 attacks on Eisner and Comcast's offer to buy Disney
puts focus on Eisner's future
Should Chotank retitle the paper, "Will NO Suspenders for Mickey Solve
Problems of eisnermight in Broadband Era?"

When using the above link, user accepts Chotank.com notice that British Film Institute Conference paper is Copyright (c) 2004 by Avon Edward Foote, University of North Alabama, Huntsville-Decatur-Florence DMA.