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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Phil
Corporate Author: Temple University Press
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Brown, Phil.
Jews > New York (State) > Catskill Mountains Region > Social life and customs.
Jews > Recreation > New York (State) > Catskill Mountains Region.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Returning to the Catskills
  • How the Jewish Catskills started
  • Kuchalayns and bungalow colonies
  • Hotel life
  • Entertainment
  • "Mountain rats": the more skilled workers and other veterans
  • Young workers: waiters, busboys, counselors, bellhops, and others
  • Guests
  • Resort religion and Yiddishkeit
  • Decline, present, and future
  • What made it so special?

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