Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Biographical Novel (Bluestreak) - Softcover

McCunn, Ruthanne Lum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080708381X ISBN 13: 9780807083819

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Ruthanne Lum McCunn, a Eurasian author, writes about the Chinese on both sides of the Pacific. Her award-winning books includeThe Moon Pearl, Wooden Fish Songs, and Sole Survivor. McCunn's work has been translated into nine languages and published in sixteen countries. She lives in San Francisco, California.

Ruthanne Lum McCunn was born in Hong Kong and has published seven books on the experiences of Chinese people in America; more than 275,000 copies of her books are in print.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 080708381X
• ISBN 13: 9780807083819
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 349
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