Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats: A Newcomer's Journey into the World of Bridge Book

Acknowledgments     ix
The Introduction I Am Not Qualified to Write: A Brief Bridge Tutorial     xi
A Clean, Well-Caffeinated Place     1
The Miseducation of a Bridge Player     23
Kibitzing in Cowtown     47
A Short History of Bridge: From Hoyle to Halloween     59
Gamblers and Grannies     64
A Short History of Bridge: From Ballyhoo to Mr. Bridge     96
A Manhattan Interlude     106
The Kids Are Alright in Gatlinburg     109
Social Studies     145
Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas     163
London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, But It Might Come Second to Fishing, Part I     200
London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, But It Might Come Second to Fishing, Part II     217
East Side Story     241
The Battles of Gettysburg     251
Oh, the Sunny Saturdays I Have Missed     273
Wild Times in the Windy City, or My Travels with Tina     281
Notes     321
Bibliography     341