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Title Coming to America : a new life in a new land / edited by Katharine Emsden.

Publication Info. Lowell, Mass. : Discovery Enterprises, 1993.
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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 325.1 COM    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  325.73 COM    Check Shelf
Description 63 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Series Perspectives on history series
Perspectives on history series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 61).
Summary Excerpts from diaries and letters provide glimpses into the lives of Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the century.
Contents Excerpts from Of thee we sing / Dale Steiner -- The Statue of Liberty -- Excerpts from Mary Antin's diary -- The story of Nicholas Gerros -- Just draggin' along till the freedom comes -- The emigration of Rosa Cristoforo -- I thought I heard my mother / Rose Romano -- Excerpts from The independent -- Excerpts from A bintel brief -- The joy of growing up Italian.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Sources.
Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence.
Immigrants -- United States -- Diaries.
Added Author Emsden, Katharine.
ISBN 1878668234
9781878668233
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