Thousand Pieces of Gold

Thousand Pieces of Gold
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9780807083260
ISBN-13 : 0807083267
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Book Synopsis Thousand Pieces of Gold by : Ruthanne Lum McCunn

Download or read book Thousand Pieces of Gold written by Ruthanne Lum McCunn and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West—“an important contribution to the history of pioneer women” (Ms. Magazine) Lalu Nathoy’s father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his “thousand pieces of gold”—yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. With over a quarter of a million copies sold, Thousand Pieces of Gold is a classic of biographical historical fiction that stars an unforgettable Chinese-American heroine whose struggles put a human face on the anti-immigration policies of the past and present.


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