The Algonquin Kid

Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel

De: Michael Elihu Colby

Narrado por: Michael Elihu Colby

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 Broadway theater and musicals.

©2015 Michael Elihu Colby (P)2017 BearManor Media

Ok for theatre fans. Not a lot about hotel living

Colby does a fantastic job of detailing the acquisition of the hotel by his grandparents and his work in the theatre. He also does a good job of covering the long list of people who traveled the hotels halls over the years.

As for what I was looking for: The story of what it is like to grow up in a hotel and all of the behind the scenes stories that do not include attending a theatre premiere, the story falls short.