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111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss

By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Dorothy Parker's New York View Book

Dorothy Parker's New York

By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 View Book

Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

By Dorothy Parker, Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

The Lost Algonquin Round Table View Book

The Lost Algonquin Round Table

By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, Nat Benchley

Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide View Book

Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide

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111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss

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Dorothy Parker's New York
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Dorothy Parker's New York

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Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923
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Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

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The Lost Algonquin Round Table
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The Lost Algonquin Round Table

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The Kensico Vaudeville Project Launches

Project Updates and Biographies are posted here. Twenty-eight miles north of Forty-second Street is Kensico Cemetery. Interred there are hundreds—perhaps more than a thousand—stage performers and associates. These men and women were onstage in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. I stumbled […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 26, 2015January 27, 2017
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Rare 1952 Radio Show From Algonquin Hotel Found

While researching my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I uncovered a lost 1952 radio show recorded inside the Algonquin Hotel, The Tex and Jinx Show. Among the guests are owner Ben Bodne, Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner, […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 25, 2015March 3, 2015
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TV Interview Tapes at Algonquin Hotel

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by reporter Andrew Whitman, the anchor and senior political correspondent for RNN FiOS1. We didn’t talk politics, just the legacy of the Algonquin Round Table. It was perfect to sit at the Round Table and […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 21, 2015March 2, 2015
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Don’t Forget Jane Grant When Worshiping The New Yorker

Everyone is jumping up and down to celebrate (well, the nerds I follow), about The New Yorker turning 90 today. In every story Jane Grant gets left out. In my book and on my walking tour I say what her husband, Harold […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 21, 2015March 14, 2015
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Hell’s Kitchen Birthplace of The New Yorker, and Bathtub Gin Recipe

This is a book trailer for my new one, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. And since I made it about Jane Grant, Harold Ross, and Alexander Woollcott, I thought I’d post this recipe. It’s from my earlier work, […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 17, 2015March 4, 2015
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DeWolf Hopper at The Lambs

This is DeWolf Hopper, dead actor, who made Casey at the Bat famous. I had a fantastic private tour of The Lambs, America’s 1st professional theater club, founded in 1874. The art, paintings, and nicknacks of old New York are blowing my […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 6, 2015March 14, 2015
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New York Times Review of The Algonquin Round Table New York

I was very happy to see Sam Roberts include my new book in his Bookshelf column in the Sunday New York Times. The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide shares space with The Ramones and Weegee, both are favorites of […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 6, 2015February 17, 2015
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Contributing to Cladrite Radio

I kicked in a blog post for my friends at Cladrite Radio about, guess what? Radio. The article is Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table (tied into my new book this month, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide) […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 26, 2015March 3, 2015
Research

When Harold Ross Chastised Frank Sullivan

Letter from Harold Ross of The New Yorker to Frank Sullivan, both were Vicious Circle members. What I find ironic is now The New Yorker will use this language regularly. He also mentions John O’Hara. This is some of the research from […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 20, 2015March 13, 2015
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Dorothy Parker and MLK Day

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates today, Monday, Jan 19, 2015. Dorothy Parker left her estate to Dr. King, a man she never met. She spoke up for social justice her […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 19, 2015March 14, 2015

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Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

New York

Author of nine books about New York history. Tour guide and public historian.

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