The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West / Christopher Corbett.
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 stor...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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E184.C5 C67 2010
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