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01811aam a2200397 a 4500 001 431FFBACBD9611E0AFB691B06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 110212s2010 nyua 000 0deng d 020 $a 0802145272 020 $a 9780802145277 (pbk.) 040 $a ICrlF $c ICrlF $d SILO $d NHPL $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ca $a n-usp-- $a n-us-ca 082 04 $a 979.4/04 $2 22 100 1 $a Corbett, Christopher. 245 1 $a The poker bride : $b the first Chinese in the Wild West / $c Christopher Corbett. 260 $a New York : $b Grove Press, $c c2010. 300 $a xvii, 218 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218). 521 2 $a Adult $b Follett Library Resources 600 10 $a Bemis, Polly, $d 1853-1933. 650 0 $a Chinese American women $x History. 650 0 $a Chinese American women $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a China $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z West (U.S.) $x History. 651 0 $a California $x Gold discoveries. 600 17 $a Bemis, Polly, $d 1853-1933. $2 sears 650 7 $a Chinese American women $x History. $2 sears 650 7 $a Chinese American women $x Social conditions. $2 sears 651 7 $a China $x History. $x History. $2 sears 650 7 $a Immigrants $z West (U.S.) $x History. $2 sears 651 7 $a California $x Gold discoveries. $2 sears 941 $a 1 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611020759.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=431FFBACBD9611E0AFB691B06AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search