Author: Carrie Komito
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595407927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in a more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.
Memories of a Catskill Hotelkeeper
Author: Carrie Komito
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595407927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in a more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595407927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in a more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.
Memories of the Catskills
Author: Alvin L. Lesser
Publisher: Gsl Galactic Publishing
ISBN: 9780999322949
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Memories of the Catskills: The Making of a Hotel, by Alvin L. Lesser, with a foreword by John Conway, Sullivan County Historian, takes the reader back to a time and place that was like no other. Families wishing to get out of the stifling heat of a New York City summer and other nearby crowded areas, found the perfect escape in "the Catskills". By sharing an insider's view of one person's life in this magical arena, Lesser lets readers experience the fun and the work that went into creating a place that people came back to year after year. Memories of the Catskills is a candid and charming memoir about the rise and fall of the "Borscht Belt". Lesser Lodge, a small hotel where the author spent the better part of his childhood, lies at the center of the heartfelt tale. Famous stars of yesteryear came to entertain in the Borscht Belt at Lesser Lodge. The Lodge survived the depression era and then flourished during the years of economic recovery and growth. Not just the story of the Lesser family, but the warmth of people who made others welcome by providing a respite which made them all family-- entertainers and guests alike.
Publisher: Gsl Galactic Publishing
ISBN: 9780999322949
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Memories of the Catskills: The Making of a Hotel, by Alvin L. Lesser, with a foreword by John Conway, Sullivan County Historian, takes the reader back to a time and place that was like no other. Families wishing to get out of the stifling heat of a New York City summer and other nearby crowded areas, found the perfect escape in "the Catskills". By sharing an insider's view of one person's life in this magical arena, Lesser lets readers experience the fun and the work that went into creating a place that people came back to year after year. Memories of the Catskills is a candid and charming memoir about the rise and fall of the "Borscht Belt". Lesser Lodge, a small hotel where the author spent the better part of his childhood, lies at the center of the heartfelt tale. Famous stars of yesteryear came to entertain in the Borscht Belt at Lesser Lodge. The Lodge survived the depression era and then flourished during the years of economic recovery and growth. Not just the story of the Lesser family, but the warmth of people who made others welcome by providing a respite which made them all family-- entertainers and guests alike.
Memoir of a Catskill Hotelkeeper
Author: Carrie Komito
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595290922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt hotel. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always-always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595290922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt hotel. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always-always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.
Remember the Catskills
Author: Esterita Blumberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Catskill Culture
Author: Phil Brown
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781439906446
Category : Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781439906446
Category : Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Catskill Hotels
Author: Irwin Richman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
At one time, according to the Catskill Institute, there were more than a thousand hotels spread across the mountains of Greene, Ulster, Delaware, and Sullivan Counties. The Catskills were an exciting world full of pleasures to be enjoyed, with summer and winter activities characterized by entertainment, food, sports, card playing, and food again. Catskill Hotels, with a collection of some two hundred images, tells the story of this world, which began with America's first resort hotel, the Catskill Mountain House, continued with places such as the world-famous Grossinger's, and can still be found today at Kutsher's Country Club, the Mountain House at Lake Mohonk, and a few other hardy resorts.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
At one time, according to the Catskill Institute, there were more than a thousand hotels spread across the mountains of Greene, Ulster, Delaware, and Sullivan Counties. The Catskills were an exciting world full of pleasures to be enjoyed, with summer and winter activities characterized by entertainment, food, sports, card playing, and food again. Catskill Hotels, with a collection of some two hundred images, tells the story of this world, which began with America's first resort hotel, the Catskill Mountain House, continued with places such as the world-famous Grossinger's, and can still be found today at Kutsher's Country Club, the Mountain House at Lake Mohonk, and a few other hardy resorts.
Borscht Belt Bungalows
Author: Irwin Richman
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A history memoir and photo album of Jewish summers in the Catskills.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A history memoir and photo album of Jewish summers in the Catskills.
The Catskills Alive!
Author: Francine Silverman
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1588431436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Less than a day's drive from New York City, Boston or Philadelphia, the Catskills have long been a popular weekend and summer retreat for city folk. The area offers fine accommodations, top-notch dining and spectacular surroundings. This book profiles hundreds of hotels and restaurants, with an emphasis on the very best places. Daytime activities - shopping, antique-hunting and more - are featured.
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1588431436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Less than a day's drive from New York City, Boston or Philadelphia, the Catskills have long been a popular weekend and summer retreat for city folk. The area offers fine accommodations, top-notch dining and spectacular surroundings. This book profiles hundreds of hotels and restaurants, with an emphasis on the very best places. Daytime activities - shopping, antique-hunting and more - are featured.
New York Hotel Experience
Author: Annabella Fick
Publisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839437814
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
For more than two hundred years hotels have played a significant role in American history. The modern hotel is even an American invention. In five case studies of iconic New York hotels, this book presents the hotel experience of the white upper class, literati, young artists, African Americans and Jewish Americans in the twentieth century. Using a variety of texts, including autobiographies, movies and novels, the impact of hotel experience on society and culture - which has been neglected until now - becomes apparent. This unique approach offers a new way of reading New York and helps to better understand the city's special dynamics.
Publisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839437814
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
For more than two hundred years hotels have played a significant role in American history. The modern hotel is even an American invention. In five case studies of iconic New York hotels, this book presents the hotel experience of the white upper class, literati, young artists, African Americans and Jewish Americans in the twentieth century. Using a variety of texts, including autobiographies, movies and novels, the impact of hotel experience on society and culture - which has been neglected until now - becomes apparent. This unique approach offers a new way of reading New York and helps to better understand the city's special dynamics.
In the Catskills
Author: Phil Brown
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231504403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
“A nostalgic pastiche of fiction, memoir, photography, art, postcards, menus, etc., celebrating Jewish resort life in the Catskills.”—Providence Journal With selections ranging from literature to song lyrics, this book highlights the Catskills experience over a century, and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains. What was life—the work, the play, the food, the romance—like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and freedom that developed among Jewish families leaving the city behind for a summer vacation and enjoying a cultural space of their own. From “Bingo by the Bungalow” by Thane Rosenbaum to “Young Workers in the Hotels” by Phil Brown to “Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel” by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole. “A warm, charming, and valuable work. Much of the writing is simply gorgeous.”—Contemporary Sociology
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231504403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
“A nostalgic pastiche of fiction, memoir, photography, art, postcards, menus, etc., celebrating Jewish resort life in the Catskills.”—Providence Journal With selections ranging from literature to song lyrics, this book highlights the Catskills experience over a century, and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains. What was life—the work, the play, the food, the romance—like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and freedom that developed among Jewish families leaving the city behind for a summer vacation and enjoying a cultural space of their own. From “Bingo by the Bungalow” by Thane Rosenbaum to “Young Workers in the Hotels” by Phil Brown to “Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel” by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole. “A warm, charming, and valuable work. Much of the writing is simply gorgeous.”—Contemporary Sociology