In the Catskills : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / edited by Phil Brown.
Contributor(s): Brown, Phil
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2002Description: xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0231123604Subject(s): Jews -- New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region -- Social life and customs | Jews -- Recreation -- New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region | Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 974.7/38004924 LOC classification: F127.C3 | I5 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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.