Thousand pieces of gold
a biographical novel
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Author
Publication
1981 - Design Enterprises of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, California
Language
English
Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10093253807X
- ISBN-100932538088
- ISBN-139780932538079
- ISBN-139780932538086
- Goodreads1082528', '1082524
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number81068270
- OCLC Control Number7900452
- Better World Books9780932538086
- Better World Books9780932538079
- Open LibraryOL3789998M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3563.C353 T5
- LCCPS3563.C353T5
Description
Publisher description: Thousand Pieces of Gold tells the fascinating story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis. Born in China in the mid 1800's, Lalu was raised in a peasant village ravaged by poverty and drought. At an early age she was snatched from her family by bandits, shipped to America as a slave, and auctioned off to a Chinese saloon keeper in an Idaho mining camp. There, having gained her freedom through a poker game, her indomitable spirit took her from running her own boarding house to homesteading twenty acres on the River of No Return. Today, almost fifty years after her death, stories of her courage and acts of kindness live on. The first biography of a Chinese American pioneer woman, Thousand Pieces of Gold is an important contribution to the literature by and about minority women as well as an intriguing account of an unforgettable character.
Subjects
Topics
People
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- Thousand pieces of gold: a biographical novel
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