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The backwash squeeze & other improbable feats : a newcomer's journey into the world of bridge / Edward McPherson.

Backwash squeeze and other improbable feats (other title)
McPherson, Edward, 1977- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0061127647
  • ISBN: 9780061127649
  • Physical Description: xx, 340 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [2007]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: I Am Not Qualified to Write: A Brief Bridge Tutorial xi -- 1 A Clean, Well-Caffeinated Place 1 -- 2 Miseducation of a Bridge Player 23 -- 3 Kibitzing in Cowtown 47 -- 4 A Short History of Bridge: From Hoyle to Halloween 59 -- 5 Gamblers and Grannies 64 -- 6 A Short History of Bridge: From Ballyhoo to Mr. Bridge 96 -- 7 A Manhattan Interlude 106 -- 8 Kids Are Alright in Gatlinburg 109 -- 9 Social Studies 145 -- 10 Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas 163 -- 11 London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, But It Might Come Second to Fishing, Part I 200 -- 12 London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, But It Might Come Second to Fishing, Part II 217 -- 13 East Side Story 241 -- 14 Battles of Gettysburg 251 -- 15 Oh, the Sunny Saturdays I Have Missed 273 -- 16 Wild Times in the Windy City, or My Travels with Tina 281.

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Anecdotes.

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