Record details

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

Content descriptions

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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Subject:

McPherson, Edward, 1977-
Contract bridge > Anecdotes.
Bridge players > Anecdotes.

Genre:

Anecdotes.