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Author:
Corbett, Christopher.
Title:
The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West / Christopher Corbett.
Publisher:
Grove Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xvii, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Bemis, Polly,--1853-1933.
Chinese American women--History.
Chinese American women--Social conditions.
China--History.--History.
Immigrants--West (U.S.)--History.
California--Gold discoveries.
Bemis, Polly,--1853-1933.
Chinese American women--History.
Chinese American women--Social conditions.
China--History.--History.
Immigrants--West (U.S.)--History.
California--Gold discoveries.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218).
Summary:
Examines the role of Chinese immigrants in the American West through the story of a young Chinese woman named Polly who was sold into indentured prostitution by her family in 1872 before eventually marrying Charles Bemis, with whom she lived in the wilderness of Idaho before emerging in 1923 to relate her story.
ISBN:
0802145272
9780802145277 (pbk.)
Locations:
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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