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What Was Ellis Island?
Patricia Brennan Demuth
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · March 13, 2014
Reading lane: Symbols & Monuments
A Nonfiction pick for readers exploring What Was Ellis Island?.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
A Landmark’s Afterlife
A familiar landmark opens onto immigration, neglect, restoration, and the changing meaning of public memory.
Come here for
- The history behind a well-known gateway to the United States
- A connection between national history and family history
Expect
- A compact account spanning 1892 to the museum’s 1990 reopening
- A focus on immigration, abandonment, and restoration
Book Details
- Authors
- Patricia Brennan Demuth
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- March 13, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Symbols & Monuments · 19th Century U.S.
- Reading lane
- Symbols & Monuments
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Publisher Categories
20th Century U.S.
Symbols & Monuments
U.S. Places
About This Book
From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the co...
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