[PDF.29tn] Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area

Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area

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 | #1671472 in Books |  Temple University Press |  1998-09-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x1.10 x7.00l, | File type: PDF | 298 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Worthwhile piece of history|By Alex|If you are a baby boomer or older and ever went to the Catskill Mountains, then this book is a must-read. Having gone to the Catskill's as a child to visit my grandparents who stayed there during their summers, this book brought incredible and fantastic memories back to life. The author knows the Catskills like the palm of his hand. His kno|From Publishers Weekly|The author, a professor of sociology at Brown University and co-founder of the Catskills Institute, this book is an examination of his childhood legacy. He grew up a "mountain rat" in the Catskills where his mother worked as a chef, his fa

A century ago, New Yorkers, hungry for mountain air, good food, and a Jewish environment combined with an American way of leisure, began to develop a resort area unique in the world. By the 1950s, this summer Eden of bungalow colonies, summer camps, and over 900 hotels had attracted over a million people a year. This was the Jewish Catskills of Sullivan and Ulster Counties. Born to a small hotel-owning family who worked for decades in hotels after losing their own, Phil ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area   |  Phil Brown.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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