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It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It
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Paperback
from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (January 30, 2005)
9780299206048 | details & prices | 245 pages | 8.00 × 10.00 × 0.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $26.95
About: This signature book captures the flavor of the "Borscht Belt," that fabled vacation area just "ninety minutes from Broadway.
About: This signature book captures the flavor of the "Borscht Belt," that fabled vacation area just "ninety minutes from Broadway.
from Harcourt (October 1, 1996)
9780156002387 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: 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: 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.