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PLEASE NOTE. As of June 2004 these pages and the links herein are no longer being updated or maintained. Disclaimer : Oakland Unified School District is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Book Summary: Thousand Pieces of Gold tells the
extraordinary story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis.
Her father calls his thirteen-year-old daughter his "thousand
pieces of gold," but when famine strikes northern China in
1871, he is forced to sell her. Lalu is first sold to a brothel
and then to a slave merchant bound for America, before being auctioned
to a saloonkeeper, and finally offered as a prize in a poker game.
A few fictitious characters have been added and certain events
transposed for the sake of the narrative, but the essential story
of Polly's life remains accurate. More... Booknotes about Thousand Pieces of Gold
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