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

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

Harvey Frommer, Myrna Katz Frommer. Mariner Books, $16 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600238-7

An oral history of the good old days, when the Catskills served as a training ground for Broadway. (Oct.)

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