The authors of It Happened in Brooklyn bring together the childhood memories of a hundred men and women, young and old, who reflect on family life, interaction with the gentile world, and the meaning of place.

Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History

Biographies & Memoirs

FROMMER, Harvey

Frommer, Myrna Katz

Community & Culture

Harcourt

As narrated by the individuals who made the history, a lively collection of anecdotes and reminiscences provides a colorful and insightful review of Broadway, from pre-World War II to the present day. 30,000 first printing.

It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way

Humor & Entertainment

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s

Like the borough itself, this celebratory chronicle is a symphony of neighborhoods, ethnicities, faiths, and foods. The voices of more than a hundred people - some famous, some less-than, who knew and loved that Brooklyn - hark back to a time of simpler, more innocent joys.

History

Americas

Mariner Books

It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It

Fully illustrated and complete with over 100 interviews, this engrossing oral history truly captures the flavor of what Jewish comedians used to call the Borscht Belt and re-creates a world now gone-a New York State vacation haven in the middle decades of this century primarily to New York City Jews-and is sure to take readers on a sunny cruise down memory lane.

From the living memories of the people who created the magic of Broadway theater, It Happened on Broadway illustrates the history of Broadway, its triumphs and failures, its constant variety, and enduring glories. 
First paperback edition 1998 hardcover, Harcourt Brace &amp; Co.

University of Wisconsin Press

This signature book captures the flavor of the "Borscht Belt," that fabled vacation area just "ninety minutes from Broadway." Summer romances, mambo time, menus with seven kinds of herring, musical and comedic greats getting their start, bungalows, and big hotels like Grossinger’s—all come back in a rush. Through the power of oral history, more than a hundred voices share stories that span nearly a century—recalling an experience that exists now only in memory.

It Happened in the Catskills: Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Prioprieters, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It

Mid-century Brooklyn was the home of the Dodgers, stoop-ball and stick-ball, a booming Coney Island amusement scene, and some of the best high schools in America. It also had a more somber side: gangs, red-lining, and block-busting. In this spirited evocation, more than one hundred voices reflect on the three decades in the borough between World War II and the Viet Nam War. Earthy and humorous, poignant and nostalgic, this book is an album, chronicle, and celebration of the Brooklyn of legend. Illustrated with period photographs.

It's just a narrow island, only 22 square miles. But it's so much bigger than that. Now, in this album of period photos and first-person reminiscences, readers can experience the mosaic of midcentury Manhattan from Altman's to Zabar's. Ranging from the post-World War II years when the city came into its own to the mid-1970s when the city nearly went bust, this book features interviews with such New York luminaries as Jimmy Breslin, Bill Gallo, Monte Irvin, Robert Merrill, Herman Badillo, Elaine Kaufman, Jerry Della Femmina, and Pauline Trigere, plus the everyday people who form the hustle and bustle of the city's daily life. For anyone who grew up in or near "the city"-or fell in love with New York as an adult-this unique history, filled with vintage photos, is a compelling read...and a powerful testament to the indescribable mystique of magical, memorable Manhattan.

It Happened in Manhattan: An Oral History of Life in the City During the Mid-Twentieth Century

Berkley Hardcover

A collection of period photographs, personal reminiscences, and interviews with such New York personalities as Herman Badillo, Jimmy Breslin, Elaine Kaufman, and Bill Gallo capture the cultural diversity and social history of Manhattan in the years from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s. Reprint.

It Happened In Manhattan: An Oral History of Life in the City During The Mid-20th Century

Berkley Trade

These childhood memories of one hundred men and women, ranging in age from twenty-two to ninety-nine, create a vivid portrait of American Jewish life in the twentieth century.

World

Bison Books

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Books by Frommer, Myrna Katz

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Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History

It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way

It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s

It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It

It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way

It Happened in the Catskills: Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Prioprieters, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It

It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s

It Happened in Manhattan: An Oral History of Life in the City During the Mid-Twentieth Century

It Happened In Manhattan: An Oral History of Life in the City During The Mid-20th Century

Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History