Christopher Corbett
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 218 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.