The Columbus Book of Euchre, Second Edition (Paperback)

by Natty Bumppo (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
A thorough explanation. -- The Terre Haute Star, May 26, 1996

Down to earth and chock full of information. -- Joe Andrews

Not only rules, but also plenty of tactics and tradition. -- John McLeod, Card Games web site

Order The Columbus Book of Euchre now! You won't be disappointed! -- Davey Guild, Davey Guild's Euchre Page

There are two ways to play euchre: the wrong way, and the Columbus way! There is no other euchre book! -- Double's Euchre Page on line

Product Description
Euchre: Rules, definitions, ploys & axioms for America's most exciting card game. A revision of The Columbus Book of Euchre published in 1982, with new terms, new ploys, old rules and old axioms, and new sections, including reviews of other books on euchre, a section on computer euchre, and index.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Borf Books; 2nd edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960489460
• ISBN-13: 978-0960489466
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #208,819 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good euchre book for the most part., November 1, 2005

By	Kimberly B (Philadephia, PA) - See all my reviews

The Columbus Book of Euchre, 2nd Edition is an update of the
original book. A lot of the material is the still the same; a sort of "re-hash" of the old, and somewhat dull, 1982 edition. However, there are some interesting and informative additions.
And a sincere credit should be given for the positive features.
This book does have some great strategies and a wonderful home-spun humerous approach to the game of euchre. The fact that it does not have one illustrative hand of euchre is peculiar. But then again, fancy layouts of hands are not absolutely essential to get a point or two across. Overall, it is a decent book, and I liked it for the most part.

For the record, I looked at the reviews for this (newest) edition
a few weeks ago, and I noticed that some of the less than favorable reviews were culled. Thus, it appears that Mr. Bumppo has a sensitivity to any negative publicity.

Then we have a "cluster" of kids' five star reviews, which have
the effect of inflating the overall star rating for this book.
Some of these five stars reviews make the whole review process
a mockery, to say the least!

Finally, there is the persistent effort by Mr. Bumppo or his "fans" to continually post negative comments in forums and message boards about other writer's euchre books.

In spite of all of the above, I still recommend acquiring this
book, as it will improve your game.


Thus, it will be interesting, indeed, to see if this review, which
is honest and fair, is summarily deleted from this review area.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it! Tells of 'tricks' that had taken me ages to learn, September 17, 2002

By A Customer

It is good to read about Euchre as it is actually played, and the humour used adds a lot to the book. It was fun to see comments about how different states or countries (incl. Canada) play the game.

The history of the game, and the derivation of the terms, also add value, as do the reviews of other books included at the back of this one.

If you buy it and use it you will find your game improving, even if you don't 'cheat'.

The only 'nit', and it is a minor one, is that as a desktop publishing item the pages are irregular, making it somewhat more difficult to 'flip' to the desired page.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irreverent -- But Good, June 21, 2002

By	Randy Given (Manchester, CT USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Certainly this book is irreverent. However, it is good, they know it, so they flaunt it. There are very few euchre books in print. Of those, this is the only one that I recommend to other euchre players (about 20-25 of us meet monthly Sep-May). I sure wish more good books would come out.