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Author:

Corbett, Christopher.

Title:

The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West / Christopher Corbett.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 218 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bemis, Polly,--1853-1933.
Chinese American women--History.
California--Gold discoveries.
Chinese--San Francisco.--San Francisco.
Chinese--Idaho.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218).

Contents:

Celestials and sojourners -- Chinatown -- Sold -- Coming into the Territory -- The end of the road-- Warrens -- Soiled doves -- Fond of playing cards -- The shooting affray in Warrens -- Saving Polly -- Last days on the river -- The caravan of the dead : ghosts of the Oro Fino.

Summary:

During the Gold Rush, a young Chinese concubine arrived by horse in Idaho gold country, where a white gambler soon won her in a poker game. She became Polly Bemis, the winner's legal, beloved wife. Polly emerged into public view only in 1923, a tiny old woman on horseback, her identity and story known only to a few old-timers.

ISBN:

0802119093
9780802119094

OCLC:

(OCoLC)426814534

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

MUPB553 -- Whittemore Public Library (Whittemore)