| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 shotting 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. |
| Subject |
Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933.
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Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933. |
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Chinese American women -- History.
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Chinese American women. |
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History. |
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California -- Gold discoveries.
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California. |
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Gold mines and mining. |
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Chinese -- California -- San Francisco.
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Chinese. |
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California -- San Francisco. |
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Chinese -- Idaho.
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Idaho. |
| ISBN |
9780802119094 : $24.00 |
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0802119093 : $24.00 |
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