Boston: Beacon, (1988). SIGNED - Described as both a biographical novel and the first biography of a Chinese American pioneer woman, this is the story of Lalu Nathoy, later known as Polly Bemis, who was shipped to America as a slave in the mid-19th century and auctioned off to a Chinese saloon keeper in an Idaho mining camp. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page "For .. . A pleasure meeting you." Illustrated with photographs. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-8070-83178.