Polly Bemis lived in Idaho for over 60 years. After her parents sold her, she was smuggled into this country, purchased by a Chinese man, and brought to Warren

Polly Bemis, the mistakenly named "Lalu Nathoy" of books and film, was forcibly brought to the United States, and to Idaho Territory, in 1872 when she was just

This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson). “Once the discovery of gold at Sutt

The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West—“an important contribution

From the bestselling and award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat, comes an extraordinary novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal, when two teenage g