The Resource The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
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The item The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Contents
-
- Celestials 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
- Isbn
- 9780802119094
- Label
- The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West
- Title
- The poker bride
- Title remainder
- the first Chinese in the Wild West
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Corbett
- Subject
-
- Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933
- California -- Gold discoveries
- Chinese -- California | San Francisco
- Chinese -- Idaho
- trueChinese American women
- Chinese American women -- History
- trueConcubinage
- trueBar owners
- trueIdaho -- History -- 19th century
- trueImmigrants -- China
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueInterethnic relations
- trueProstitutes
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- trueHusband and wife
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 340849
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Corbett, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 979.004951
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E184.C5
- LC item number
- C67 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bemis, Polly
- Chinese American women
- California
- Chinese
- Chinese
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the first Chinese in the Wild West
- Label
- The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-218)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Celestials 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802119094
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 426814534
- (OCoLC)426814534
- Label
- The poker bride : the first Chinese in the Wild West, Christopher Corbett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-218)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Celestials 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802119094
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 426814534
- (OCoLC)426814534
Subject
- Bemis, Polly, 1853-1933
- California -- Gold discoveries
- Chinese -- California | San Francisco
- Chinese -- Idaho
- trueChinese American women
- Chinese American women -- History
- trueConcubinage
- trueBar owners
- trueIdaho -- History -- 19th century
- trueImmigrants -- China
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueInterethnic relations
- trueProstitutes
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- trueHusband and wife
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