It Happened In The Catskills An Oral History In The Words Of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, And Others Who Lived It

This signature book captures the flavor of the "Borscht Belt," that fabled vacation area just "ninety minutes from Broadway." Summer romances, mambo time, menus with seven kinds of herring, musical and comedic greats getting their start, bungalows, and big hotels like Grossinger'sall come back in a rush. Through the power of oral history, more than a hundred voices share stories that span nearly a centuryrecalling an experience that exists now only in memory.Frommer, Myrna Katz is the author of 'It Happened In The Catskills An Oral History In The Words Of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, And Others Who Lived It', published 2005 under ISBN 9780299206048 and ISBN 0299206041.