The Algonquin Kid - Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel - Softcover

Colby, Michael Elihu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159393792X ISBN 13: 9781593937928

Publisher: BearManor Media, 2017

Synopsis

The true life story of Michael Elihu Colby and his childhood days at Manhattan’s Algonquin Hotel. His grandparents Mary and Ben B. Bodne had traded their southern oil fortune for the legendary but faded Algonquin and restored the hotel’s former glory. Their efforts led to a remarkable renaissance and attracted an overflow of celebrities from the ridiculous to the sublime. Michael weaves a vivid tapestry of encounters with glittering Broadway and Hollywood celebrities in a kaleidoscopic memoir of illustrious figures—some on a meteoric rise, some in tragic decline—while he found his own place in the topsy turvy world of the Broadway theatre and musicals. Nearly 200 rare photographs and illustrations, a Bibliography, Appendixes, and an Index. "It is such a fun and enriching experience reading The Algonquin Kid. I love the way Michael assembled the stories and shared his own creativity and talent along the way. He has preserved an important part of history which deeply resonated with me. (And I would have felt that way even if I weren’t in the book). So much of that era has passed and it only lives again when someone takes the time to save it, like Michael." - Michael Feinstein

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Elihu Colby virtually grew up at New York's legendary Algonquin Hotel, which his grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, owned from 1946-1987. His adventures there are portrayed in the book The Algonquin Kid. In theatre circles, he is the librettist/lyricist of a number of musicals. A member of BMI and the Dramatists Guild, he lives in Metuchen, New Jersey, with his wife Andrea and son Steven.

About this edition

• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 159393792X
• ISBN 13: 9781593937928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284
• Illustrator: Chusid Hannah, Porter Dennis