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Rebman, Renee C.

Life on Ellis Island

95 pp. | Lucent | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-56006-533-8 $$23.70
(4) YA Way People Live series. A well-organized account of how hundreds of thousands of would-be immigrants lived on Ellis Island in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries waiting to learn whether they would be deported or allowed to live in America. Black-and-white photos of varying quality and sidebars quoting primary documents help bring to life a historically important slice of American history. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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