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Author:
Corbett, Christopher.
Title:
The poker bride : the first Chinese in the wild West / by Christopher Corbett.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xvii, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Bemis, Polly--1853-1933.
Immigrants--United States--History.
Chinese American women--Biography.
Chinese Americans--Idaho--Biography.
Chinese Americans--California--Biography.
Chinese Americans--History.
California--History.--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218).
Summary:
Retraces the story of the first Chinese men and women who journeyed to the American West during the California Gold Rush, focusing on the story of a Chinese concubine who was won in a poker game and lived out her life as a rancher's wife.
ISBN:
0802119093
9780802119094
Locations:
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

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