U.S. History / Immigration / Ellis Island

Island of Hope, Island of Tears

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

Hine, Lewis Wickes

Penguin

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U.S. History / Immigration / Ellis Island

Island of Hope, Island of Tears