Thousand Pieces of Gold
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Thousand Pieces of Gold is a 1981 historical novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn and based on the life of Polly Bemis, a 19th-century Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West. In 1991, the novel was
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Polly Bemis
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Polly Bemis was a Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her story became a biographical novel titled Thousand Pieces of Gold, which was adapted into a 19
Thousand Pieces of Gold
…Thousand Pieces of Gold is a 1981 historical novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn and based on the life of Polly Bemis, a 19th-century Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West. In 1991, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name. Lalu is the daughter of…
Polly Bemis wearing her wedding dress in 1894.
Polly with her horses Nellie and Julie, Feb 6, 1910
Charles and Polly Bemis
Charles Bemis