Skip to content

Thousand Pieces Of Gold

Thousand Pieces Of Gold

Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Click for full-size.

Thousand Pieces Of Gold

by Ruthanne Lum McCunn

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
USED Good
ISBN 10
044038883X
ISBN 13
9780440388838
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Item Price
€3.31
Or just €2.98 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
€4.71 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 2 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Laurel, April 1983. Mass Market Paperback. USED Good.

Synopsis

A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies 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. She is sold first to a brothel, then to a slave merchant bound for America. In a new country, she is given the name Polly and eventually auctioned to a saloonkeeper. When admirer Charlie Bemis wins her in a poker game, he frees her from her enslavement and eventually proposes marriage. The two live out their days on a bountiful farm, a homestead called Polly’s Place in Salmon Canyon, Idaho. This masterfully told biographical novel is the true story of an extraordinary woman’s successful fight for independence and respect in the early American West. “Lalu comes to life and transfixes the reader with her story of struggle and survival . . . Lalu/Polly was a remarkable pioneer woman—a new heroine of the American West—and we can thank McCunn for bringing her to life in such a moving and inspirational way.” —Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, San Francisco Chronicle “A valuable book that gives Chinese Americans another true heroine.” —Maxine Hong Kingston “Lalu Nathoy’s courageous journey is an important contribution to the history of pioneer women.” —Ms. Magazine

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Montclair Book Center US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
569930
Title
Thousand Pieces Of Gold
Author
Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
USED Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
044038883X
ISBN 13
9780440388838
Publisher
Laurel
Place of Publication
New York, Ny, U.s.a.
Date Published
April 1983

Terms of Sale

Montclair Book Center

Shipping charges listed are estimates based on the average book. If a book is especially large, or is a set of multiple books, we may request that you pay an additional shipping charge. All books may be returned within one week of receipt, with prior notification. If book is not as described then a full refund will be issued. If the book is returned for some other reason then it will be refunded less shipping cost and possibly a 20% restocking fee. All international addresses must contain a street number or the order will be returned to us by the post office.

About the Seller

Montclair Book Center

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2003
Montclair, New Jersey

About Montclair Book Center

Montclair Book Center has been in business since 1984, and we are the largest Used and New bookstore in New Jersey with 9,000 square feet of selling space and thousands of items in stock. We are just 15 miles or 30 minutes from New York City and certainly worth a visit.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Mass Market
Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
tracking-