| Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: Immigration to Rhode Island Contributor(s): Jennings Jr, William J. (Author), Conley, Patrick T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626192294 ISBN-13: 9781626192294 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry |
| Dewey: 974.520 |
| LCCN: 2013043199 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country b |
Contributor Bio(s): Jennings Jr, William J.: - Patrick T. Conley holds an AB from Providence College, an MA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame with highest honors, and a JD from Suffolk University Law School. He has published twenty-five books and dozens of scholarly articles on history, law, ethnic studies, religion, real estate development and political science. William Jennings is a retired high school history teacher and volunteer at the Interpretation Department of Mystic Seaport. He is a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Blackstone Valley Historical Society. He authored the article Coming to America: Immigration and the Fabre Line. |