Bumblepuppy Days

The evolution from whist to bridge Art. # 978-1-55494-605-1

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By: Julian Laderman

Number of pages: 264
Isbn: 978-1-77140-003-9
Language: English
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About the Book

The origins of the game of bridge have been shrouded in mystery... but no longer. Tracing the development of the game and the fascinating characters who played it from whist through to auction bridge and eventually contract, the author reveals the missing link, and demonstrates how the world's most popular card game came into being. Additional Material From Bumblepuppy Days available at ebooksbridge.com Mr Ely Culbertson 1932 Bridge player Ely Culbertson talks about the game. The Bridge "Battle" 1930-1931 Bridge game between people showing rival systems for bidding.

About the Author

Julian Laderman

Dr. Julian Laderman is a retired mathematics and computer science professor (Lehman College, City University of New York). He is a two-time winner of the American Bridge Teachers’ Association Book of the Year Award, winning for A Bridge to Simple Squeezes in 2006 and A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play in 2009. His book on the history of bridge, Bumblepuppy Days, received the Alan Truscott Memorial Award from the International Bridge Press Association in 2016. For many years he wrote the bridge column for The Bronx Journal.

Media Reviews

November 18th, 2014

ACBL Bulletin

A lovely gift for bridge history aficionados.

December 15th, 2014

New York Times

The history of bridge is [entertainingly] brought to colorful light.

June 11th, 2015

Maggy Simony, The Bridge Table

I so enjoyed this book! I say that as someone without the bridge skills to appreciate all it offers. There is so much to enjoy–gambling aspects of bridge, card games and their role in American social life. Just the evolving way choosing trump changed the game of bridge–all so interesting to me.

March 1st, 2015

The Bridge World

Expecting only a dry examination of fossils, I found meticulous scholarship leavened with dry wit and whimsy, elaborate detail where necessary, and pithy capsule description where sufficient. Afterwards, I wished that I\'d experienced this retired math professor as a history teacher.

June 29th, 2015

Dee Berry, ABTA Quarterly

Delightful background stories abound.

July 17th, 2015

Bridge Magazine

This is the most interesting book that I have read in a long time. I thoroughly recommend this book to all readers, not merely those who are interested in the history of the game.

July 29th, 2015

American Bridge Teachers\' Association

A most delightful account of the period from 1880-1940 -- from the glory days of whist to the mature state of its ultimate successor, contract bridge. Delightful reading.

March 6th, 2015

Tony Hall

For anyone interested in the development of modern bridge from its whist foundations (from whist to bridge-whist, to auction and eventually to contract bridge) it is both a scholarly and entertaining read. The author writes with humour but also a wonderful eye for detail and source reference.

April 18th, 2016

Denver Post

Much of what went on in the early days having to do with the players and the psychology and culture of the game still has much relevance today – an interesting read.

December 15th, 2015

ABTA

History would be a more popular subject if schoolteachers utilized the humor and color that Laderman uses in discussing the curious and surprising aspects of bridge history.

December 30th, 2015

David Morgan, Australian Bridge

An engaging delightful journey through the history of bridge, the emphasis being on how and why the game evolved from whist. The trick with any history is to include sufficient detail to illustrate the argument but to avoid burying the reader in that detail. Laderman does that skillfully, as well as leavening the detail with amusing, interesting or insightful anecdotes. Even those well-read in the history of bridge will find something new in this volume.

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Award/accolades

IBPA Alan Truscott Memorial Award

The Alan Truscott Award is presented periodically to an individual or organization that, in the opinion of the IBPA Executive, has done something in the world of bridge that Alan would have approved of and appreciated. Alan was an IBPA Executive member, serving as its president from 1981 to 1985 and was the long-time bridge editor of the New York Times.

ABTA Special Recognition Award

Presented by the <cite>American Bridge Teachers’ Association</cite>.