Author: Mary Alfreda ElsensohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Idaho Chinese Lore
Author: Mary Alfreda ElsensohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Chinese Immigrants in Idaho
Author: Li-hua YuThe History and Archaeology of the Chinese in Northern Idaho, 1880 Through 1910
Author: Priscilla WegarsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 1354
Book Description
The Poker Bride
Author: Christopher CorbettPublisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802197922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson). “Once the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill launched our ‘national madness,’ the population of California exploded. Tens of thousands of Chinese, lured by tales of a ‘golden mountain,’ took passage across the Pacific. Among this massive influx were many young concubines who were expected to serve in the brothels sprouting up near the goldfields. One of them adopted the name of Polly Bemis, after an Idaho saloonkeeper, Charlie Bemis, won her in a poker game and married her. For decades the couple lived on an isolated, self-sufficient farm near the Salmon River in central Idaho. After her husband’s death, Polly came down to a nearby town and gradually spoke of her experiences. Journalist Christopher Corbett movingly recounts Polly’s story, integrating Polly’s personal history into the broader picture of the history of the mass immigration of Chinese. As both a personal and social history, this is an admirable book.” —Booklist “A gorgeously written and brilliantly researched saga of America during the mad flush of its biggest Gold Rush. Christopher Corbett’s genius is to anchor his larger story of Chinese immigration around a poor concubine named Polly. A tremendous achievement.” —Douglas Brinkley “Uses Bemis’s story as a platform for a larger discussion about the hardships of the Chinese experience in the American West.” —The Washington Post
The History of the Chinese in Idaho from 1864 to 1910
Author: Fern Coble TrullPublisher:
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Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The History and Archaeology of the Chinese in Northern Idaho, 1880 Through 1910
Author: Priscilla Spires WegarsPublisher:
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Category : Chinese Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The History and Archaeology of the Chinese in Northern Idaho
Author: Priscilla WegarsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Influence of Asians in Idaho History
Author: Idaho Lore
Author: Federal Writers' Project (Idaho)Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Polly Bemis
Author: Priscilla WegarsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870046407
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Polly Bemis, the mistakenly named "Lalu Nathoy" of books and film, was forcibly brought to the United States, and to Idaho Territory, in 1872 when she was just eighteen. In 1894 she married a Euroamerican man, Charlie Bemis, and they moved to a mining claim on the remote Salmon River; Charlie died in 1922 and Polly died in 1933. Since her death, Polly Bemis's life has been greatly romanticized. Supposedly, she was a prostitute, "Hong King" was her Chinese owner, and Charlie Bemis "won her in a poker game." Not one of these statements is true. Polly's life was genuinely fascinating, and it is time to both celebrate the known facts about her and allow the stereotypical, undocumented legends to die out.