Palm Trees on the Hudson

A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decorating

By: Elliot Tiber

Narrated by: Edwin Wald

Palm Trees on the Hudson is the hilarious prequel to Elliot Tiber’s bestseller Taking Woodstock. Before Elliot found financial success by bringing Woodstock Ventures to his upstate motel, he was one of Manhattan’s leading interior designers. Then, Elliot’s career came to a halt due to a floating society party, Judy Garland, and the Mob.

In April 1968, Elliot was hired to throw an elegant dinner party aboard a luxury yacht on the Hudson River. Included on the guest list were New York’s rich and famous - politicians, financiers, and even Elliot’s icon, Judy Garland. The big night arrived. But when a fight broke out, resulting in the destruction of everything including rented palms, Elliot’s event turned into financial disaster. Things couldn’t get any worse - or so it seemed until the Mob paid a visit.

By turns comic and tragic, Palm Trees on the Hudson is the take-no-prisoners memoir that gives listeners a more intimate look at the man who went on to fight back at Stonewall and who helped give birth to the Woodstock Nation.

©2011 Elliot Tiber (P)2019 Square One Publishers, Inc.

Great book!

The narration by Edwin Wald was outstanding! He did an exceptional job giving each character a distinct voice. I was also very intrigued by the author and his experiences.

My first audio book

I was quite impressed: not only by the story, but by the reading of it. It sounded so real and natural, as if I were listening to Edwin Wald telling the story in the same room as I was. This was my very first audio book, and if they are all this good, I may be hooked.

Superb narration

This was such a such a fun and engaging story from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed it and the narrator is easily among my top ten favs of all time.