The devil's tickets : a night of bridge, a fatal hand, and a new American age / Gary M. Pomerantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomerantz, Gary M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bennett, Myrtle, -1991.

Bennett, Myrtle.

Reed, James A. (James Alexander), 1861-1944.

Reed, James A.

Culbertson, Ely, 1891-1955.

Culbertson, Ely.

Bennett, Myrtle, -1991--Trials, litigation, etc.

Murder--Missouri--Kansas City--Case studies.

Murder.

Man-woman relationships--Missouri--Kansas City--Case studies.

Man-woman relationships.

Contract bridge--Social aspects--Missouri--Kansas City--History--20th century.

Contract bridge.

Trials (Murder)--Missouri--Kansas City.

Trials (Murder).

Kansas City (Mo.)--Biography.

Kansas City (Mo.).

United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Missouri--Kansas City.

Genre:

Case studies.

Trials, litigation, etc.

Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Crown Publishers, [2009]

Contents:

Part I The Bridge Storm 1929-1932

1 Ely and Jo 3

2 Myrtle and Jack 24

3 Ely's Grand Scheme 41

4 Four Spades She Bid 51

5 Myrtle's Blur 65

6 Senator Reed Comes Home 70

7 Ely and Jo: Stars on the Rise 82

8 The Senator and Mrs. Donnelly 94

9 Myrtle's Murder Trial, Part 1 101

10 Ely in the Crucible 120

11 Myrtle's Murder Trial, Part 2 134

12 Bridge Battle of the Century 155

13 Myrtle's Murder Trial, Part 3 175

Part 2 The Search

14 Miami 193

15 Kansas City 199

16 New York 211

17 San Francisco 230

18 Little Rock 235

19 Santa Rosa, California 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-290) and index.

ISBN:

9781400051625

1400051622

OCLC:

259265992