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American Passage: The History of Ellis Island

By Vincent J. Cannato

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2010
ISBN
0060742747, 9780060742744
Open Library ID
OL24088134M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
843 kB (863030 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
512\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil. American Passage captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the dramatic and bittersweet accounts of the immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social reformers who all played an important role in Ellis Island's chronicle. In this sweeping, often heart-wrenching epic, Vincent J. Cannato reveals that the history of Ellis Island is ultimately the story of what it means to be an American.

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