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010      2015017462 
020    9780789212351 (hardback) 
020    0789212358 (hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)910085717|z(OCoLC)902657051 
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092    974.7043|bLYO 
100 1  Lyons, Jeffrey,|eauthor. 
245 10 What a time it was! :|bLeonard Lyons and the golden age of
       New York nightlife /|cJeffrey Lyons ; foreword by Rex 
       Reed. 
246 30 Leonard Lyons and the golden age of New York nightlife 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York :|bAbbeville Press Publishers,|c2015. 
300    480 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520 2  "A star-studded follow-up to Stories My Father Told Me, 
       with hundreds of new anecdotes about celebrities from 
       Garbo to Gore Vidal. This remarkable collection of stories,
       hand-picked from the archive of legendary New York Post 
       columnist Leonard Lyons by his son, film critic Jeffrey 
       Lyons, will transport readers back to the sparkling peak 
       of New York City nightlife. This was the time when 
       notables of every sort--film producers and stars, writers,
       politicians, comedians, athletes, and artists--gathered 
       nightly at such famed restaurants and nightclubs as 
       Sardi's, the Stork Club, and the Copacabana. From 1934 to 
       1974, Leonard Lyons was a fixture at these clubs, 
       befriending celebrities of all stripes and gathering 
       exclusive tidbits for his syndicated newspaper column, The
       Lyons Den. What a Time It Was! offers candid portraits of 
       stars and statesmen at work and at play--especially at 
       play--but still, effortlessly, larger than life. 
       Illustrated with snapshots and glamour shots, it offers a 
       unique window onto the lives of iconic figures from Ethel 
       Barrymore and Muhammad Ali to Tennessee Williams and 
       Jackie Kennedy, as well as their favorite haunts. Here are
       four decades of popular culture seen from the front row, 
       by a man who said, 'Give me lights and sound and people, 
       and music into the night. Late into the night!' If you 
       thought you knew everything about Woody Allen, Joan Rivers,
       the Roosevelts, and some of New York's most famous 
       nightclubs, hotels, and gin joints, guess again. No one 
       knew these people and places better than Leonard Lyons"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Lyons, Leonard,|d1906-1976|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Nightlife|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory|y20th 
       century|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Celebrities|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography
       |vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Celebrities|xHomes and haunts|zNew York (State)|zNew York
       |xHistory|y20th century|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Nightclubs|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory|y20th 
       century|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 Restaurants|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory|y20th 
       century|vAnecdotes. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|xSocial life and customs|y20th century
       |vAnecdotes. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|vBiography|vAnecdotes. 
700 1  Lyons, Leonard,|d1906-1976. 
700 1  Reed, Rex,|eauthor of foreword.