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

by Myrna Frommer and Harvey Frommer

A collective memoir of the famed "Borscht Belt," that fabled summer resort area "just ninety minutes from Broadway," It Happened in the Catskills melds side-splitting humor and tender nostalgia into an evocative look at the Americanization of New York's Eastern European Jewish population and the impact of Jewish culture on the larger American scene. More than a hundred Catskill veterans--from the famed entertainers who got their start in bungalow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438427484
• ISBN13: 9781438427485
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 10.0"