From George Murphy, western Massachusetts radio and television personality, who was also an apprentice at the playhouse on Mt. Tom when he was a teenager in the 1960s:
This is the true history of a building on a plot of
land in Holyoke that was the entertainment center to hundreds of thousands of
people over a plethora of summers.
You have somehow managed to tell the story of
that theater with information and people that have been thought to have
vanished from history, but this book...this AMAZING book has changed all of
that.
You have told me stories and events that I was
never aware of. You brought the shadows back to life. This book you worked so
hard on is the story of where it came from, how it survived up to the time that
magnificent old structure was destroyed....removed...and almost deleted, but
then Jacqueline Lynch came along and resurrected the history of this
magnificent edifice so that once again all who read those pages can experience
the days of wonder that happened in and around the Casino in the Park.
I thank you so very much for including me in
this amazing book as a sense of pride came over me after reading it, as I
was a small part of the later years of the Grand Old Theater.
J.L., you have hit a home run with this
one...take it from someone who was in the midst of it all, albeit for a short
time.
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The book is currently available in paperback from the printer, CreateSpace here, and from Amazon in paperback and eBook. You can also contact me by email or my website to obtain a paperback copy, or order through my Etsy shop: Lynch Twins Publishing.
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Have a look here for Don Grigware's interview with me at Broadway World.com.
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Have a look here for Don Grigware's interview with me at Broadway World.com.
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