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Thousand Pieces of Gold : a Biographical Novel by McCunn, Ruthanne Lum is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West—“an important contribution to the history of pioneer women” (Ms. Magazine) 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
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- Author
- McCunn, Ruthanne Lum
- Publisher
- Boston: Beacon Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807093740
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (1,234 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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