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100 1 $aCorbett, Christopher.
245 14 $aThe poker bride :$bthe first Chinese in the Wild West /$cChristopher Corbett.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bAtlantic Monthly Press :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$cc2010.
300 $axvii, 218 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218).
505 0 $aCelestials 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.
520 $aDuring 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.
600 10 $aBemis, Polly,$d1853-1933.
650 0 $aChinese American women$xHistory.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xGold discoveries.
650 0 $aChinese$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco.
650 0 $aChinese$zIdaho.
988 $a20100217
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