"Gerben Dirksen" wrote in message
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Here he is; the man who brought contract bridge to the United States, and
published from our town.

Ely Culbertson, born July 22, 1891, Ploesti, Rom.
died Dec. 27, 1955, Brattleboro, Vt., U.S.

American authority on the card game known as Contract Bridge who later
abandoned the game to work for world peace.

Culbertson was the son of an American oil explorer and lived as a boy in
Russia. He was educated in Geneva and Paris. In his youth he was a
revolutionary agent in the Russian Caucasus, ... /EB

Brattleboro was thus famous for Kipling's residence, printing the first
bibles in the usa, and also the firsr /contract/ bridge titles. Culbertson
published:-

a.. Contract Bridge Blue Book (1930)
a.. The Strange Lives of One Man (1940)
a.. The World Federation Plan (1942)
a.. Total Peace (1943)
a.. Must We Fight Russia? (1946)
a.. Culbertson on Canasta: a Complete Guide for Beginners and Advanced
Players With the Official Laws of Canasta (1949)
Phil Innes