an oral history in the words of busboys, bellhops, guests, proprietors, comedians, agents, and others who lived it
Frommer, Myrna
2004
Presents an oral history on the region and resorts of the Catskill Mountains. Focuses on Grossinger's Hotel and their prominent guests such as Frank Sinatra, Eddie Fisher, Nelson Rockefeller. Contains over a hundred of their memorable stories that span a century. Also contains unique black-and-white photographs.
While working in a sawmill in the Catskill Mountains of New York in the 1850s, fourteen-year-old Matt not only learns craftsmanship but also valuable lessons about life.
An annotated edition of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.," which contains more than thirty essays, sketches, and tales by nineteenth-century American writer Washington Irving, including "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.".
Contains two stories set in the Catskill Mountains, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in which a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; and "Rip Van Winkle," the story of a man who sleeps for twenty years and wakes to a much-changed world.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Presents the three-volume story of Sam Gribley, a nature-loving boy who runs away from home and spends a year living in a tree with a young peregrine falcon, Frightful.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
