Culbertson : The Man Who Made Contract Bridge : A Biography (Ely Culbertson) [1 ed.] 0297784366, 9780297784364
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CULBEDTSCW THE MAN WHO MADE CONTRACT BRIDGE
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The legendary Ely Culbertson created a blaze of publicity around a game of cards Contract bridge. At the height of America’s roaring twenties this penniless emigre found fame and fortune selling an unbeatable card system, taking on the world’s best players in tense international tournaments and living as flamboyantly as he played. His extraordinary adventures read like a thriller. In 1907, facing execution as a very young and active revolutionary, he fled Tsarist Russia. His life was always to be exciting, competitive and wild. Politics remained of central importance and he devoted his vast fortune to a personal crusade for international arms control and world government. He was a self-taught expert in psychology and used it to enhance his love life as well as his bridge playing, gambling and the mass appeal of his system. He dazzled and intrigued everyone in his path - his wives, lovers, friends and opponents. Culbertson is the first major biography of this remarkable man, whose name became synonymous with Contract bridge.
16 pages of black and white illustrations
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