Bibliograph

The guest list, how Manhattan defined American sophistication : from the Algonquin round table to Truman Capote's ball, Ethan Mordden

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The guest list, how Manhattan defined American sophistication : from the Algonquin round table to Truman Capote's ball, Ethan Mordden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The guest list

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

555656435

Responsibility statement

Ethan Mordden

Sub title

how Manhattan defined American sophistication : from the Algonquin round table to Truman Capote's ball

Table Of Contents

Did Mrs. Astor attend? -- The 1920s -- Grand hotel : the Round Table -- Dorothy Parker and Edna Ferber : the loneliness of smarty -- The marriage(s) of the century -- The 1930s -- Jimmy Walker, Fiorello La Guardia, and the war of the minorities -- I cabaret'd last night : Ethel Waters and the Black emergence in show business -- The 1940s -- Wise guys -- Dorothy Thompson : man's work -- Culture for free -- Who killed society? -- The 1950s -- The war on the column -- The 1960s -- Cole Porter : and you'll rate with all the great swells -- Truman Capote and the war of the writers -- The ball of the century

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