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In the Catskills : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains"

Author: Phil Brown
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Phil Brown
ISBN: 0231123604 9780231123600
OCLC Number: 47224694
Description: xvi, 415 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. History: Sleeping in my parents' hotel: the end of a century of the Jewish Catskills / Phil Brown --
Jewish farmers of the Catskills / Abraham Lavenser and Clarence Steinberg --
Hotels and the Holocaust / Reuben Wallenrod --
The Catskills at the end of World War II / Martin Boris --
pt. 2. Boarding house, bungalow, and Kuchalayn life: The yearning heifer / Isaac Bashevis Singer --
Grine Felder -a place in the country / Martin Boris --
Bingo by the bungalow / Thane Rosenbaum --
Bungalow colony life / Irwin Richman --
Bungalow stories / Arthur Tanney --
pt. 3. Hotel life: Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House / Abraham Cahan --
Old stock / Hortense Calisher --
Young workers in the hotels / Phil Brown --
The pool / Eileen Pollack --
Growing up at Grossinger's / Tania Grossinger --
Five and three house / Sidney Offit --
Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the demise of the Catskills / Jerry A. Jacobs --
pt. 4. Entertainment: Comics, singers, and tummlers / Joey Adams (with Henry Tobias) --
The social director of the adult summer camp / Moss Hart --
The casino / Harvey Jacobs --
The fine art of mountain Tummling / Joyce Wadler --
Yener Welt -music and lyrics / Phil Brown --
Shoot the shtrudel to me, Yudel! -music and lyrics / Henry Foner --
pt. 5. Romance: Miss Tevkin / Abraham Cahan --
Forbidden fruit / Harvey Jacobs --
Marjorie at South Wind / Herman Wouk --
Amy Lourie / Terry Kay --
pt. 6. Religion: Bungalow summer: the Catskills, New York / Robert Eisenberg --
The shul in Kaaterskill Falls / Allegra Goodman --
pt. 7. Food: Eating at the hotel / Sarah Sandberg --
The Catskills remembered / Vivian Gornick --
Bungalow / Elizabeth Ehrlich.
Responsibility: edited by Phil Brown.

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