Enter to win At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame

Enter to win At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame by Robert (Raub) Karr. To enter the contest, fill out the form below between Friday, June 9, and Friday, June 30.

A new witty and comical memoir sheds light on a little-known Mexican phase in the life of Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame

Author Robert (Raub) Karr's new memoir At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame sheds new information on the author Patrick Dennis's life when he disappeared into Mexico. The memoir is a quick-witted tour de force. It reveals that Patrick Dennis's escapades were as outlandish as the world's favorite aunt, Mame.

The story behind the memoir's manuscript is as intriguing as the adventures of Robert Karr, his friend Walter and the great author Patrick Dennis himself. Robert Karr passed away in 2017. The unpublished manuscript languished in a box destined for the unknown. However, fate intervened. A dear friend of Karr's showed the unpublished work to a theatrical hair designer Bernie Ardia, who recognized its importance and knew it had to be published.

Robert "Raub" Karr and the punctilious Walter, planned a relaxing cruise from Seattle to Mexico. Little did they know that their vacation would be upended when they met the author and creator of Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis, on board the ship. Dennis, traveling under an assumed name, was much like his character Mame, bringing a whirlwind of mayhem, excitement, and chaos into Raub and Walter's lives.

What was supposed to be a simple cruise turns into a full-blown adventure when Patrick and Walter jump ship, disappear into Mexico, and later need rescuing. Wealthy widows, art connoisseurs, masked midget wrestlers, ladies of the night, and hunting rats are just part of the trio's comical escapades.

So, don your best jewelry, fix yourself a cocktail, and prepare to laugh as you come on a madcap Mexican adventure with Patrick Dennis, Raub, and Walter. As Dennis's most famous character, Mame, said, "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving." Join Patrick, Raub, and Walter as they pile their plates high and feast from the banquet of life.

About the Author

After serving several years with Rogers & Cowan as a public relations agent in Beverly Hills, Calif., representing 1960s television and motion picture clientele, Robert returned to his favorite home, Hawaii, and continued his career in broadcasting.

Robert worked with and for such greats as Dick Van Dyke, Cara Williams, Jack Benny, Raymond Burr, Gladys Cooper, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gig Young, Charles Boyer, and held the distinction of being the first boss to hire (and fire) a determined high school songstress by the name of Bette Midler. Some of Robert's clients became lifelong friends, no mean feat in Hollywood.

His short story "A Hawaiian Encounter," was published in Palm Springs Life Magazine. Sadly, Robert Karr passed away in 2017.

About Bernie Ardia

Having a 40-year career as a theatrical hair designer and wig builder, this California native began in print work, television, commercials, and television specials such as Happy Birthday Hollywood. Ardia returned to live theater with David Merrick's national tour of 42nd St . After many years of touring with live productions such as Chita Rivera's Can-Can, Tim Curry's Me and My Girl, Showboat, and countless others. He then focused on designing the hair for such productions as Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies , Kiss of the Spider Woman, the Kennedy Center's Ragtime, Cameron Mackintosh's Oliver, Eleanor Bergstein's Dirty Dancing, Elf The Musical , and the long-running Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton among others. Ardia has now designed for well over 75 productions.

Bernie saw the great value in the need to rescue Robert (Raub) Karr's memoir, At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame, and is responsible for bringing it to light. A story in itself.

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