What was Ellis Island?
(2014)
By:
Demuth, Patricia
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/304.873/DEMUTH,P
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]
DESCRIPTION
106 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780448479156, 044847915X
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
"An official Who HQ book"--Page 1 of cover
What was Ellis Island? -- A scrap of land -- Leaving home -- Testing -- Stuck on the island -- New lives -- The open door slams shut -- Back from ruins -- Ellis Island today
Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum
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