The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and A New American Age

Pomerantz, Gary M.

ISBN 10: 1400051622 / ISBN 13: 9781400051625

Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 2009

About this Item

8vo, pp.

Seller Inventory # 048979

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and A New American Age
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400051622
• ISBN 13: 9781400051625
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. with photos
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

Tells the true story of Myrtle Bennett who murdered her philandering husband over a game of bridge in 1929, and the dramatic courtroom trial that made Ely Culbertson, who provided color commentary of the proceedings, a card game celebrity.

About the Author

GARY M. POMERANTZ is an author and journalist and serves as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. His first book, Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn, was named a 1996 Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. He also earned acclaim for Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds and Wilt, 1962. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Pomerantz lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and their three children.