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Author:
Demuth, Patricia Brennan.
Title:
What was Ellis Island? [Book] : What Was Series / by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by David Groff.
Format:
[Book] :
Publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J)--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--History--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Groff, David, 1956-, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
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.
Series:
Who Was Series
Who is
What Was Series
What was--?
ISBN:
0606341560 (hardcover)
9780606341561 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2014934611
Locations:
TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)
VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)
FTPA274 -- Delhi Public Library (Delhi)
VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)
RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)
EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)
JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)
LGPB975 -- Sloan Public Library (Sloan)

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