Ellis Island
The Story of a Gateway to America| By: | Hal Marcovitz |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Print ISBN: | 9780738513041.0 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781422287460 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the Ellis Island processing station in New York harbor. To these immigrants, Ellis Island was a symbol of the American dream—once they passed through its gates, they could start a new life with opportunities that were not available to them in their countries of origin. Today, roughly one-third of our country's population is descended from those who were processed at Ellis Island, and the facility is now a museum dedicated to American immigration.