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The Algonquin Round Table

The Algonquin Round Table

Konrad Bercovici

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State University of New York Press
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781438497235
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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digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici’s years at the Algonquin Round Table.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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