Island of Hope, Island of Tears: The story of those who entered the New World through Ellis Island--in their own words. by Douglass Brownstone, David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck

Island of Hope, Island of Tears: The story of those who entered the New World through Ellis Island--in their own words.

Douglass Brownstone, David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck

311 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history reference emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Between 1892 and the early 1950s nearly fifteen million people streamed through Ellis Island in search of a new life. Though it closed as a federal immigration station in 1954, the landmark island was restored and reopened as a museum run by the N...

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