“In The Poker Bride, Christopher Corbett uses a little-known legend from Idaho lore as a lens into the world of 19th century Chinese immigrants, who came to the West Coast during the Gold Rush on their way to seek their fortunes. Both books paint a powerful picture of these two pieces of Western American history, with the craftsmanship of a skilled storyteller.” —www.doorway.ru · The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West, by Christopher Corbett, is an oddly disturbing read, not so much for its content but for its publication as a historical text about Asian American pioneer woman Polly Bemis, Corbett’s eponymous “poker bride.”. Problems with historical reliability begin with the cover, which features a young Asian woman with a s “flapper” haircut. In The Poker Bride, Christopher Corbett uses a little-known Idaho legend as a lens into this Chinese experience. Before , the Chinese in the United States were little more than curiosities. But as word spread of the discovery of gold, they soon became a regular sight in the American West. In San Francisco, a labyrinthine Read Full Overview5/5(5).
Looking for books by Christopher Corbett? See all books authored by Christopher Corbett, including Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express, and The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West, and more on www.doorway.ru Octo Poker Bride: the First Chinese in the Wild West Christopher Corbett. Novem Founding Mothers Cokie Roberts. Janu A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Isabella Bird. Febru The Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Endora Kohl. New York: Atlantic Monthly, Illustrated. xvii + pages, 8vo, maroon cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, First edition. A fine.
“On July 8, , a young Chinese concubine arrived by horse in Idaho gold country, where a white gambler soon won her in a poker game. and so begins Christopher Corbett's amazing tale of the Chinese in the making of the American West—a slice of largely forgotten history that is by turns funny, chilling, and poignant.”—Jill Jonnes, author of Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. 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. Christopher Corbett’s new book, “The Poker Bride,” documents one aspect of that transformation: the little-known story of the tens of thousands of immigrant Chinese who arrived in the West.
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