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Bemis, Polly, (1853-1933.)

The poker bride :the first Chinese in the Wild West /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The poker bride :Christopher Corbett.
Reminder of title:	the first Chinese in the Wild West /
Author:	Corbett, Christopher.
Published:	New York, NY :Atlantic Monthly Press :c2010.
Description:	xvii, 218 p. :ill., ports. ;24 cm.
Subject:	Chinese American womenHistory.
Subject:	CaliforniaBiography.
ISBN:	9780802119094 :

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

The poker bride :the first Chinese in the Wild West /Christopher Corbett. - 1st ed. - New York, NY :Atlantic Monthly Press :c2010. - xvii, 218 p. :ill., ports. ;24 cm.

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

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.

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: 9780802119094 :NT$653

LCCN: 2010280727Subjects--Personal Names:

490767
Bemis, Polly,
1853-1933.Subjects--Topical Terms:

490768
Chinese American women
--History.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

434785
California
--Biography.

LC Class. No.: E184.C5 / C789 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 973/.04951/0092

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