The good news is, sometimes when you do what you are supposed to do you get rewarded by a pleasant surprise. This audiobook is not the memory of a spoiled rich kid missing the good old days. The stories related from Mr. Eisner's past are tied into and reinforce the logic of his actions in the present. He learned a simple thing that has made him the man he is proud of today, "Help the other fellow".

      The book explains why Mr. Eisner and Disney support a program to send specifically chosen, under-privileged, big city children to camp. For the summer they, like their more privileged counterparts, build their new skills upon an unfamiliar paradigm. They may be in the woods, but they are not alone. The camp environment at Keewaydin is about real male bonding, not the shallow cliché of the 1990's. The goal of the camp counselors is to get a group of maturing boys to work together and to reinforce each other, to the point that it becomes second nature, so that by seeing the bigger picture and helping others succeed, they become men.

       I enjoyed Mr. Eisner's voice, and the story of how it gained its texture one year at camp. I couldn't tell if he was actually reading the text or telling the stories from memory. A storyteller's voice inadvertently changes when he smiles, frowns or gives an opinion in a way that the professional audiobook reader tightly controls. There were several real chuckles from past antics, reflective tones for lessons learned, and true reverence in the pronunciation of the name "Waboos." I think my experience with this story was enriched by hearing it told.