The poker bride, the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
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The poker bride, the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218)
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contains biographical information
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
The poker bride
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bibliography
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426814534
Responsibility statement
Christopher Corbett
Sub title
the first Chinese in the Wild West
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
Table Of 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
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