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Demuth, Patricia,

What was Ellis Island? / - 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. - What was...? . - What was--? .

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

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.

ISBN: 9780448479156 (pbk.) 044847915X (pbk.) 9781480638136 (Paw Prints) 1480638137 (Paw Prints) 9780606341561 (Turtleback Books) 0606341560 (Turtleback Books)

LCCN: 2014934611

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Emigration and immigration--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: JV6484 / .D45 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 304.8/73