Comments from Back Cover
"Wegars has done an exceptional job in researching this fascinating Chinese American pioneer. The story emerges not only from Polly herself but also from friends who knew her, as well as from a wide range of documents. Finally there is a well-illustrated and accurate account of Idaho's famous Polly Bemis for young readers!"
-Sue Fawn Chung
Associate Professor of History
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"Polly Bemis and Johnny Carrey are Salmon River icons. Putting both in a children's book, as Dr. Wegars has done, assures us their stories will flow down to yet another generation-the prime inducement for telling a story in the first place."
-Cort Conley
Salmon River Guide
"Nobody knows the fascinating story of Polly Bemis better than Priscilla Wegars, and in this beautifully illustrated book she tells it with care, compassion, and intelligence."
-Carlos Schwantes
St. Louis Mercantile Library
Endowed Professor of Transportation and the West
University of Missouri-St. Louis
