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The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and A New American Age
(Hardcover, 2009)
Author: Gary M. Pomerantz
In 1929, a Kansas City housewife named Myrtle Bennett shot and killed her husband Jack after he had ...
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Synopsis
In 1929, a Kansas City housewife named Myrtle Bennett shot and killed her husband Jack after he had slapped her. The source of their dispute? A game of bridge. Gary Pomerantz uses this intriguing incident as a starting point for his wonderful examination of bridge culture in the 1920s and '30s, focusing primarily on a publicity hound and bridge wizard named Ely Culbertson, who rose to stardom in the aftermath of the Bennett murder. While American men and women disputed the surprising acquittal of Myrtle Bennett, Culbertson ingeniously promoted bridge as the ideal level playing field for the battle of the sexes, and helped generate a huge spike in the game's popularity. Pomerantz packs his pages with all the best elements of thrilling nonfiction--a controversial crime, interesting and eccentric characters, fascinating historical insight, and a specific singular event that encapsulates a larger moment in time.
| Size | | Length: | 300 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] deliciously detailed and splendidly written account of the emergence of bridge as America's No. 1 pastime....Illuminating a crime and card game of passion, and the gentle gender-bending of the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression, Pomerantz weaves a compelling read even for people who don't know the difference between a trick and a trump."
(07/09/2009)
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