The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch - Couverture souple

Bercovici, Konrad

 
9781438497235: The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438497237 ISBN 13 : 9781438497235
Editeur : Excelsior Editions, 2024

Synopsis

The facts and legends of New York's famed artistic hub told by one of its key participants.

Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle.

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À propos de l'auteur

Konrad Bercovici was a celebrated author and journalist and friend of many leading 20th century figures, including John Reed, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, and Paul Robeson. Mirana Comstock is a screenwriter, poet, and musician who has recorded and performed in New York and the Boston area, where she now resides. She is currently adapting one of her grandfather's books as a miniseries.

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Éditeur
Excelsior Editions
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438497237
ISBN 13 
9781438497235
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Éditeur
Comstock Mirana
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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