The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West
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Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 218 pages : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218).
Description
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.