Just in time for the one-hundredth anniversary of Miami Beach, It Happened in Miami, the Magic City: An Oral History features nearly seventy fabulous voices including more than fifteen mini-memorists, telling stories, offering perceptions on subject matter as far back as memory allows up to the exciting headlines of today. Sun and fun, yes, but the story is much more than that.
We are there through the dramatic days of World War II, the segregated south that Miami was, Meyer Lansky and cops and robbers, the Cocaine Cowboys, the post–war glamour of the flashy hotels and famed architect Morris Lapidius, the Fountainbleau and Eden Roc, the Jewish presence and contributions, the swinging Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. We are witness to Muhammad Ali and the iconic Fifth Street Gym, the preserving of art deco, the days of the Mariel and Pedro Pan and the Cuban impact. We are brought inside modern day Miami—an international city, a place of culture and dreamers, a city of tomorrow.
It Happened in the Catskills
“Unexpurgated tales of heartache and laughter. This book will touch all who read it.” —Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
“[An] exuberant oral history [and] unqualified treat.” —Publishers Weekly
“The definitive story of a time and place that I hope will never end.” —Regis Philbin
It Happened in Brooklyn
“This paean to a bygone place . . . throbs with life and affection” —Publishers Weekly
“All of us need this beautiful book.” —New York Daily News
“The genuine flavor of Brooklyn, reads as though one were sitting in on a reunion listening to people put together a vanished past.” —Los Angeles Times
Growing up Jewish in America
In another popular history, the Frommers have produced a breezy but informative look at Jewish childhood in twentieth-century America.” —Library Journal
“[A] thought-provoking amalgam.” —Booklist
“One comes away from this book with a heightened sense of how wide the American Jewish spectrum can be.”—Washington Post
It Happened on Broadway
“The Frommers haven’t written a history of Broadway. They’ve woven one from the recollections of an all-star cast.” —The San Francisco Examiner
“ The heady excitement of a blockbuster show. [The] hundreds of magical, informative . . . never boring stories the Frommers have gathered demonstrate what it took to fill those seats.” —Publishers Weekly
“A fascinating look at Broadway from different perspectives.” –Library Journal
