| Children of Ellis Island Contributor(s): Moreno, Barry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738538949 ISBN-13: 9780738538945 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 304.873 |
| LCCN: 2005928463 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.52" W x 9.24" (0.69 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Burdened with bundles and baskets, a million or more immigrant children passed through the often grim halls of Ellis Island. Having left behind their homes in Europe and other parts of the world, they made the long voyage to America by steamer ship. Some came with parents or guardians; a few came as stowaways. Whether they traveled in luxury or just barely made it to the other side of the Atlantic, they found themselves a part of one of the grandest waves of human migration that the world has ever known. Children of Ellis Island explores this world and what it was like for an uprooted youngster at America's golden door. There would have been an uneasiness created by a collage of language barriers, but also new friendships with other children that never would have been founded in the old world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moreno, Barry: - Author Barry Moreno is employed at Ellis Island and has written two other books in the Images of America series, Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty, as well as the Encyclopedia of Ellis Island and Italian Americans. |