Naperville Public Library
Library Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Naper Blvd. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Home Best Sellers Research a Topic Download & Stream Material Request My Account
     
Limit search to available items
Record 1 of 2
Results Page:  Previous Next
Author Paluch, Gabrielle, 1985- author.

Title The opium queen : the untold story of the rebel who ruled the Golden Triangle / Gabrielle Paluch.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3059296~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  959.051092 PAL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  959.051092 PAL    AVAILABLE
QR Code
Description xv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index.
Contents The country Formerly Known as Burma -- Before There Was A Golden Triangle -- Man, Woman, Myth, or Legend? -- Olive's Coming-Out -- A Curse on the House of Yang -- Operation Paper and the Queen of Kokang -- The Olive Branch -- In Prison, in Love, in Mandalay -- You Shall Not Say Her Name -- Sensuous Opium Queen, Miss Hairy Legs -- Call Me Uncle -- A Shame to Earn Riches -- The right man for a favor.
Summary "Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Yang, Olive, 1927-2017.
Opium trade -- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) -- History -- 20th century.
Gender-nonconforming people -- Burma -- Biography.
ISBN 9781538131978 (cloth)
Patron reviews: add a review
Click for more information
BOOK
No one has rated this material

You can...
Also...
- Find similar reads
- Add a review
- Sign-up for Newsletter
- Suggest a purchase
- Can't find what you want?
More Information

 
 
© Naperville Public Library 2019.