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

by Phil Brown

Book Overview

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, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231123604
• ISBN13: 9780231123600
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher