Bridge history and biographies

This list is based on the bibliographic listings of bridge developed by Tim Bourke (see the sixth edition of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge).

The bibliographic listing of bridge books and pamphlets in the encyclopedia is sixty pages long. It is divided into 29 subjects of which one (W) is "History and Biographies".

Historical and biographical bridge resources:

ACBL Twentieth Anniversary Yearbook (1947)
ACBL Bulletin
Ackerley, A History Of The Otago Bridge Club (1996)
Anonymous, Margaret Wilkinson Wagar (1982)
Barton, We'll Go No More A-Roving: An Autobiography (1937)
Bridge World
Buller, On the Beasley - Culbertson Bridge Contest
Buller, Reflections of a Bridge Player (1929)
Cerf, Try and Stop Me (1944)
Chua, The History Of Australian Bridge (1993)
Clay, Culbertson, The Man Who Made Contract Bridge (1986)
Clay, Tales From the Bridge Table, 1925 - 1995 (1998)
Corbett, A Brief History Of Duplicate Bridge In Oak Ridge (1992)
Culbertson, Famous Hands of the Culbertson - Lenz Match (1932)
Culbertson, Strange Lives of One Man (1940)
Daniels, Golden Age of Contract Bridge (1980)
Dunne and Ostrow, Championship Bridge as Played by the Experts (1949)
Emery, No Passing Fancy (1977)
Encyclopedia of Bridge (1935)
Goodman, The Slaying Of Joseph Bowne Elwell (1987)
Hamman, At the Table (1994)
Horton, A Fistful of Honours
Horton & Senior, For Love or Money
Kleinman, Bridge Scandal in Houston
Klinger & Bourke, What Game Is Afoot In "The Red - Headed League"? (1997)
Le Dentu, Championship Bridge
Machlin, Tournament Bridge: An Uncensored Memoir (1980)
Mackey, Walk of the Oysters (1965)
Mahood, Bridge My Way (1991)
Markus, A Vulnerable Game (1988)
Masters, Mind Games: A Biographical History Of Bridge In Queensland (1999)
Mollo, Bridge Immortals (1968)
Mollo, Confessions of an Addict (1966)
Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1964 - )
Ohman, Historical Sketch Of The Knickerbocker Whist Club: Playing Cards, Whist, Bridge Auction (1926)
Olsen, Mad World of Bridge (1962)
Partridge, The History Of The Sheffield Bridge Club: The Sixth Decade 1986-1996 (1996)
Phillips, Journey To Nowhere - A Discursive Autobiography (1960)
Preece, A History Of The South Australian Bridge Association 1933-1983 (1983)
Ramsey, Aces All (1955)
Reese, Bridge at the Top (1977)
Reese, Story of an Accusation (1966)
Rice, Curiouser and Curiouser (1940)
Rosenberg, Bridge, Zia and Me
Schenken, Education of a Bridge Player (1973)
Sharif, Omar Sharif's Life in Bridge
Sharif & Guinchard, The Eternal Male (1977)
Sheinwold, Husband's and Other Men I've Played With (1976)
Smith, World Class: Conversations With Bridge Masters (1999)
Sontag, The Bridge Bum (1977)
Swanson, Inside the Bermuda Bowl: A Behind The Screens Look At The Team Trials And Bermuda Bowl Events (1998)
Truscott, The New York Times Bridge Book: An Anecdotal History of the Development, Personalities, and Strategies of the World's Most Popular Card Game (2002)
Wei & Quinn, Second Daughter (1984)
Winch, The History Of The Sheffield Bridge Club Jubilee Edition 1936-1986 (1986)
Woolcott, Long, Long Ago [not sure if this is the anthology. One of the Woolcott anthologies discusses the Elwell murder]

Film/Video

Charles Goren, Championship Bridge (TV program from the 50's)