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New York - Aug. 1 2005 - "Life at the Top: Inside New York's Grand
Hotels" (/ISBN-1-59393-O34-8/August 8, 2005) has no heroes, great history
or noble purpose. It's simply a masterpiece of storytelling.
Veteran Broadway columnist Ward Morehouse III (formerly with the New York Post and New York Sun, whose "Broadway After Dark" column currently appears in AM New York) chronicles the lives of some of the 20th Century's literary and artistic giants, many of whom made their permanent domicile at some of New York's grandest hotels, including The Waldorf-Astoria, Chelsea, St. Regis, Algonquin, Pierre, Astor, and Carlyle. He paints a unique portrait of their colorful, romantic and sometimes tragic lives during the golden era of New York hotels and theater, bringing the two worlds together in a work that reads like great fiction. The fast-paced volume reconfirms Morehouse's status as a superb chronicler of celebrity high life during the last century as well as one of our most engaging storytellers. Among the many stories Mr. Morehouse relates in his forthcoming work:
"There is no one more qualified to write about New York's grand hotels than Ward Morehouse III, having been reared in two of the grandest whose histories he would later write. An eminent theater columnist and feature reporter, Morehouse is able to bring the Big Apple's glamorous (or once glamorous) hostelries to life, mixing history with delicious gossip and amusing anecdotes that only an insider would be privy to. Luxury hotels provide a heightened sense of life and fun for the rich and famous as well as the ordinary guest, and Morehouse catches the excitement of the hotel as playground perfectly." -- Frederick M. Winship, Critic-at-Large, United Press
International
Ward Morehouse III's fabulous take on New York's greatest hotels reads
like the legendary stories of Damon Runyon. He breathes new life into these
wonderful old metropolitan inns and the colorful characters that inhabited
them.''
-- Bill Hoffmann, New York Post
"Not since the great Ziegfeld has anyone assembled as glittering a cast
as can be found in Ward Morehouse III's 'Life at the Top: Inside New York's
Grand Hotels.' It reads like heaven's guest-book."
-- Alan Farnham, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
The New York Times SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW SECTION said this of Mr. Morehouse's
book, "The Waldorf-Astoria: America's Gilded Dream."
"The grand cities of the world have their grand hotels, the bed-and-breakfasts for the mighty and moneyed. Ward Morehouse III explores one of New York City's grandest in 'The Waldorf-Astoria: America¡¦s Gilded Dream' ... Morehouse writes of pleasures and scandals, of the hard facts of running a hotel and of its romance. The hotel comes off well in the hands of its appreciative Boswell." Neil Simon said this about Mr. Morehouse's book, "Inside the Plaza."
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