It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It - Softcover

Frommer, Myrna Katz; Frommer, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156002388 ISBN 13: 9780156002387

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1996

Synopsis

Fully illustrated and complete with over 100 interviews, this engrossing oral history truly captures the flavor of what Jewish comedians used to call the Borscht Belt and re-creates a world now gone-a New York State vacation haven in the middle decades of this century primarily to New York City Jews-and is sure to take readers on a sunny cruise down memory lane.

About this title

About the Author:

Myrna Katz Frommer is the coauthor of the oral histories It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened in Brooklyn, Growing Up Jewish in America, It Happened on Broadway, and It Happened in Manhattan. Her articles, many of which focus on Jewish history, life, and culture throughout the world, have appeared in Haaretz, the New York Times, Midstream, the Forward, and the Jewish Monthly. She holds a Ph.D..D. in communications and is a professor at Dartmouth College, teaching in the Master of Liberal Studies program

From Publishers Weekly:

An oral history of the good old days, when the Catskills served as a training ground for Broadway.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0156002388
• ISBN 13: 9780156002387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272