Ellis Island (NJ) (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738513040 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lucinda M. Stevens said arrived promptly. Well done volume of pictures and history. arrived promptly. Well done volume of pictures and history of a time that is all but forgotten.. Excellent introduction into the Ellis Island introduction crickets My 10 year old grandson was doing a school project on Ellis Island and the immigration process. the book was extremely informative and he read this and Children of Ellis Island and received an A+ in his project. I think it was a great project because he realized that not every child had something to eat much less an I-pad.. Brazil Lady said Disappointing. Too, way too many photos. Little substance.. Very disappointed. While I like to see photos of the history I am reading about, I want a little more written info. The entire book is basically, here is a photo of someone from , (lots of those photos), or here they are getting an eye exam, or here is a motley crew sitting around. No photo has more than a couple of paragraphs of info.
He is the author of The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia and Italian Americans and is currently writing The Encyclopedia of Ellis Island. . One of the nation's leading authorities on the subject, author Barry Moreno has worked in the Museum Services Division at Ellis Island for more than a decade
. About the Author One of the nation's leading authorities on the subject, author Barry Moreno has worked in the Museum Services Division at Ellis Island for more than a decade. He is the author of The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia and Italian Americans and is currently writing The Encyclopedia of Ellis Island
With an astonishing array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs, Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in New York harbor from its pre-immigration days as one of the harbor's oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagship station of the U.S. Through Ellis Island's halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrants-of nearly every nationality and race-entered the country on their way to new experiences in North America. The United States is considered the world's foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Bureau of Immigration to its current incarnation as the National Park Service's largest museum.