“For a 1950s kid from the Bronx, `The Mountains’ (Sullivan County, New York) was a familiar, essential, alternate universe. Philip Ratzer’s nexus was Pesekow’s Bungalow Colony on the shores of redundantly named Loch Sheldrake Lake. His affectionate, vivid recollections center on this small summer resort and the adjacent village of Loch Sheldrake. Ruby the Knish Man, who stopped at Pesekow’s, was the traveling culinary troubadour of all of our Catskill memories. Phil’s adventures remain alive to all of us–the superannuated Bungalow Kids–no matter where we summer today.” –Irwin Richman, author of Borscht Belt Bungalows: Memories of Catskill Summers
“Philip Ratzer’s story is a tender reminiscence, written in the style of the preteen bungalow dweller whose life is his subject. Unable to catch ourselves from sliding into our own youth, we are propelled back to that simplicity of summer pleasure, rooting for whatever we want to have happened there. Fifty years of memory, prompted by a return visit, brings us to the utter magic of the Catskills which shaped so many lives. Bungalow Kid is a joy and a treasure.” –Phil Brown, author of Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat’s Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area and editor of In the Catskills: A Century of the Jewish Experience in “The Mountains”
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 143843300X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1438433004
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.32 x 8.5 inches
- Publisher : Excelsior Editions; First Edition (July 1, 2010)
- Language: : English