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Poker Bride, The (2010)

by Christopher Corbett(Favorite Author)

2.99 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0802197922 (ISBN13: 9780802197924)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

review 1: To be perfectly honest, I didn't finish this book. It wasn't at all what I expected. I wanted to read the story of Polly Bemis's life in detail, which is not the direction this book took. Rather it's a historical overview of the Chinese experience in America, which I was already familiar with from the Asian-American studies courses I took for my undergrad. I never would have started reading if I had known the true focus of the book was decidedly NOT Polly. I guess they had to market it somehow. That said, the historical info is well written, but to me was just a regurgitation of stuff I'd already studied. Oh well, there's always another book waiting in the wings!
review 2: This was a little disappointing for me, as I was expecting the history of the Chinese in ... morethe West to be told through the personal story of Polly, the "Poker Bride". However there was very little about her or any woman's life. The historical background of the brutal conditions, violent prejudice and virtual slavery of the Chinese who came to America for the Gold Rush was well presented. I like my history with lots of day-to-detail, but this contained too much statistical data without enough individuali stories to bring it to life. less

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