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Spider is one of the classic solitaire card games.
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"The devotees of
Spider, who are legion, claim is at the king of all
solitaires. Certainly few others can give you quite the same combination of
luck of the deal plus extraordinary opportunities to overcome bad luck by
skillful manipulations." (Alphonse Moyse, 150 Ways to play
Solitaire,
Whitman Publishing Company, MCML, p. 92)
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"This one is said to have been popular with Franklin D. Roosevelt
when he was president of the USA, and some call it the king of patience
games." (Trevor Day and The Diagram Group, Collins Gem Patience Card
Games, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996, ISBN 0004720164, p. 235)
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"The game is said to have
been a particular favourite of Franklin D. Roosevelt." (David Parlett, The
Penguin Book of Patience, Allen Lane, London, 1979, ISBN 071391193X, p. 286)
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"According to Redbook Magazine it was the favourite patience of Franklin D. Roosevelt."
(The Complete Book of Card Games, Hanlyn, London, 2001, ISBN
0600604136, p. 242)
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"The game is usually known as
Spider, a name which I have rejected
because a number of variations are known by the same name; in fact, Spider
is not so much the name of any one game but the generic name for any game of
patience in which the foundation-cards are not played to the centre, but in
which sequences are built within the lay-out itself. I have suggested the
alternative name of Roosevelt's Favourite because it is mentioned in the Redbook
Magazine as being the favourite patience game of Franklin D.
Roosevelt." (George F. Hervey, The illustrated Book of Card Games
for One, ISBN 0890091137, p. 129)
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