The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication-- From the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote's Ball

by Ethan Mordden

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From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Manhattan was America's beacon of sophistication. From the theatres of Broadway to the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel to tables at the Stork Club, intelligence and wit were the twinned coins of the realm. Alexander Woolcott, Irving Berlin, Edna Ferber, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, the Lunts and Helen Hayes presided over the town. Their books, plays, performances,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312540248

ISBN13:9780312540241

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:317 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

20th Century Historical Study & Educational Resources History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social History State & Local

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