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American Passage: The History of Ellis Island By Vincent J. Cannato Publisher: Harper Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: 2009-06-01 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0060742739 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780060742737 Product Description: For most of New York's early history,EllisIsland had been an obscure little islandthat barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island standsalongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place wheremany of our ancestors first touched American soil. Ellis Island's heyday—from1892 to 1924—coincided with one of the greatest mass movements of individualsthe world has ever seen, with some twelve million immigrants inspected at its gates. In AmericanPassage, Vincent J. Cannato masterfully illuminates the story of EllisIsland from the days when it hosted pirate hangings witnessed by thousands ofNew Yorkers in the nineteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century whenmassive migrations sparked fierce debate and hopeful new immigrantsoften encountered corruption, harsh conditions, and political scheming. American Passage captures atime and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the

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Author

Cannato, Vincent J.

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060742737

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (410 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14