The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West / Christopher Corbett.

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 kno...

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Main Author:	Corbett, Christopher
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2010], ©2010.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Bemis, Polly, > 1853-1933. Chinese American women > History. Chinese > California > San Francisco. Chinese > Idaho. California > Gold discoveries.
Physical Description:	xvii, 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format:	Book