Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum Mccunn
Lalu Nathoy's father calls 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 saloon keeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. Complete with photographs and documents, this biographical novel is the extraordinary story of a legendary pioneer's fight for independence and dignity on the American frontier.
Ruthanne Lum McCunn is the critically acclaimed author of Sole Survivor, which the Dallas Times hailed as a book of major interest and importance by an American-Chinese author of remarkable talent, Wooden Fish Songs, Thousand Pieces of Gold, and Chinese American Portraits, as well as the children's book Pie-Biter, which won the American Book Award. Her work has been translated into nine languages, published in sixteen countries, and adapted for the stage and film.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807083178 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807083178 |
| Title | Thousand Pieces of Gold |
| Author | Ruthanne Lum Mccunn |
| Series | Asian Voices |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
| Year published | 1989-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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