Richard Lamparski

Manhattan Diary: Twelve Never Before Related Stories Richard Lamparski

Peggy Lee is Coming! ....................................................... 1 Visited by Truman Capote................................................. 15 Christine Jorgensen's Last Lover ......................................... 31 Ron Alexander of The New York Times ............................. 43 Lynn Bari .......................................................................... 57 Mother God Damn ........................................................... 63 High Tea with Tallulah ...................................................... 83 Hanging Out with Dorothy Parker, Fannie Hurst and Dagmar Godowsky .............................................. 91 57th Street, East and West ............................................... 113 Halloween with Sammy Kaye .......................................... 125 Tea with Joan Bennett ..................................................... 133 The Greatest Star of Them All! ..................................... 143 Index .............................................................................. 157