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What was Ellis Island? /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: 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)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.8/73 23
LOC classification:
  • JV6484 .D45 2014
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile 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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