What was Ellis Island? /
Material type: TextSeries: What was--?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC., [2014]Description: 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780448479156 (pbk.)
- 044847915X (pbk.)
- 9781480638136 (Paw Prints)
- 1480638137 (Paw Prints)
- 9780606341561 (Turtleback Books)
- 0606341560 (Turtleback Books)
- 304.8/73 23
- JV6484 .D45 2014
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JNF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | J 304.8 DEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34480000509376 |
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.
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