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Language
English
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Description
"A fictionalized account of the early years of Donaldina Cameron's work with the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, California, which worked to rescue Chinese girls and women from slavery conditions in the late 1800s through the early 1900s"--
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This unforgettable Broadway smash, filled with memorable songs and brilliant dances, centers on a Hong Kong girl who comes to San Francisco for an arranged marriage. Features the hit tunes: "I enjoy being a girl", "Chop Suey", and "A hundred million miracles."
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.
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