Books by Gary M. Pomerantz
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English
review 1: A book about the Bennett bridge murder and trial in 1929, the concurrent emergence of contract bridge as a national pastime with Ely Culbertson as its high priest, and a leisurely look at the obscure latter years of Mrs. Bennett in the wake of her acquittal. Of the three narrati...
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review 1: I'm not sure exactly what I expected from The Devil's Tickets, but what I got was mostly a history of contract bridge with a dash of domestic dispute ending with murder, allegedly over a "Fatal Hand" of bridge. As a history book, it was fascinating -- I knew nothing of bridge goi...
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English
review 1: I was in junior high during the early glory days of the 70's Pittsburgh Steelers and I remember their dominance of the game during that time. I'm not a big football fan, but I remember the names Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, LC Greenwood, Lynn Swann and Franco Harris. And I enjoy...