The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West
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New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
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1st ed.
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xvii, 218 pages : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Morro Bay Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English

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

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