The Poker Bride
The First Chinese in the Wild West
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933.
Chinese American women -- History.
Chinese -- Idaho.
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco.
California -- Gold discoveries.
Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933.
Chinese American women -- History.
Chinese -- Idaho.
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco.
California -- Gold discoveries.
ISBN:
9780802119094
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Cor | Blythewood | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/11/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-218).