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Ellis Island : a people's history / Malgorzata Szejnert ; translated from the Polish by Sean Gasper Bye.

Szejnert, Małgorzata, (author.). Bye, Sean Gasper, (translator.).

Summary:

A dramatic, multi-vocal account of the personal agonies and ecstasies that played out within the walls of Ellis Island, as told by Poland's greatest living journalist.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781950354054
  • ISBN: 1950354059
  • Physical Description: 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London, United Kingdom ; Scribe Publications, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Polish by Znak as Wyspa klucz in 2009"--Title page verso.
"First published in English by Scribe in 2020"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-377) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Rising tide -- Flood -- Becalmed -- Pitch and toss -- Ebb tide -- Still waters -- Pearl divers.
Subject: Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.
Immigrants > United States > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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