In the Catskills : : A Century of Jewish Experience in "The Mountains" /

In the Catskills : : A Century of Jewish Experience in "The Mountains" / / ed. by Phil Brown.

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Through fiction, memoir, music, photography, and art, In the Catskills 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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Joey,
Boris, Martin,
Brown, Phil,
Cahan, Abraham,
Calisher, Hortense,
Ehrlich, Elizabeth,
Eisenberg, Robert,
Foner, Henry,
Goodman, Allegra,
Gornick, Vivian,
Grossinger, Tania,
Hart, Moss,
Jacobs, Harvey,
Jacobs, Jerry A.,
Kay, Terry,
Lavender, Abraham,
Offit, Sidney,
Pollack, Eileen,
Richman, Irwin,
Rosenbaum, Thane,
Sandberg, Sara,
Singer, Isaac Bashevis,
Steinberg, Clarence,
Tanney, Arthur,
Tobias, Henry,
Wadler, Joyce,
Wallenrod, Reuben,
Wouk, Herman,
HerausgeberIn:
Brown, Phil,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (367 p.) :; 26 figures, 40 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART 1. HISTORY
  • Introduction
  • Sleeping in My Parents' Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills
  • Jewish Farmers of the Catskills
  • Hotels and the Holocaust
  • The Catskills at the End of World War II
  • PART 2. BOARDING HOUSE, BUNGALOW, AND KUCHALAYN LIFE
  • Introduction
  • The Yearning Heifer
  • Grine Felder-A Place in the Country
  • Bingo by the Bungalow
  • Bungalow Colony Life
  • Bungalow Stories
  • PART 3. HOTEL LIFE
  • Introduction
  • Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House
  • Old Stock
  • Young Workers in the Hotels
  • The Pool
  • Growing Up at Grossinger's
  • Five and Three House
  • Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills
  • PART 4. ENTERTAINMENT
  • Introduction
  • Comics, Singers, and Tummlers
  • The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp
  • The Casino
  • The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling
  • Yener Welt-music and lyrics
  • Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel!-music and lyrics
  • PART 5. ROMANCE
  • Introduction
  • Miss Tevkin
  • Forbidden Fruit
  • Marjorie at South Wind
  • Amy Lourie
  • PART 6. RELIGION
  • Introduction
  • Bungalow Summer: The Catskills, New York
  • The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls
  • PART 7. FOOD
  • Introduction
  • Eating at the Hotel
  • The Catskills Remembered
  • Bungalow
  • APPENDICES-LINKS TO MORE SOURCES
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Hotels of the Catskills
  • Bungalow Colonies of the Catskills

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