Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, island, ellis
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2003-09-15
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738513040
ISBN-13: 9780738513041

The United States is considered the worldís foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Through Ellis Islandís halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrantsóof nearly every nationality and raceóentered the country on their way to new experiences in North America. With an astonishing array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs, Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in New York harbor from its pre-immigration days as one of the harborís oyster islands to its spectacular

Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, island, ellis, children
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-11-02
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738538949
ISBN-13: 9780738538945

Burdened with bundles and baskets, a million or more immigrant children passed through the often grim halls of Ellis Island. Having left behind their homes in Europe and other parts of the world, they made the voyage to America by steamer. Some came with parents or guardians. A few came as stowaways. But however they traveled, they found themselves a part of one of the grandest waves of human migration that the world has ever known. Children of Ellis Island explores this lost world and what it was like for an uprooted youngster at America’s golden door. Highlights include the experience of b

Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, new, jersey, images, immigrants, island, famous, ellis
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-01-16
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738555339
ISBN-13: 9780738555331

Since 1776, millions of immigrants have landed at America’s shores. To this day, their practical contributions are still felt in every field of endeavor, including agriculture, industry, and the service trades. But within the great immigrant waves there also came plucky and talented individualists, artists, and dreamers. Many of these exceptional folk went on to win worldly renown, and their names live on in history. Ellis Island’s Famous Immigrants tells the story of some of the best known of these legendary characters and highlights their actual immigration experience at Ellis Island. Cele

Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: encyclopedia, liberty, statue
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-10-10
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0684862271
ISBN-13: 9780684862279

She needs no introduction. For decades, she’s been the world’s leading icon of democracy. Four million people visit her each year. She is the very symbol of America. But how well do we really know the Statue of Liberty? Did you know, for instance, that her origin dates back to Roman antiquity? Or that New York narrowly beat out Philadelphia for the right to house her? Or that her nose is three feet, eight inches long? In time to celebrate Lady Liberty at the millennium, this gorgeous encyclopedia is sure to satisfy the countless requests historian Barry Moreno has received to del

Author: Sharon Carmack
Publisher: Family Tree Books
Keywords: ellis, island, guide, database, passenger, arrival, list, navigating, ancestors, tree, finding, family, genealogist, essential
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-06-05
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1558706941
ISBN-13: 9781558706941

An estimated 40 percent of Americans descended from an Ellis Island immigrant - as many as 100 million people - but until now there was no comprehensive guide for researching these early ancestors. This book offers family historians: • Tips and strategies for using the popular Ellis Island online database, which 60,000 users visit every day • Advice on overcoming searches that come up empty-handed • Guidelines for what basic information is required to start a successful search • An overview of how passenger lists were created and what genealogy clues they contain It’s th

Author: Barry Moreno
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, liberty, statue
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-11-11
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 073853689X
ISBN-13: 9780738536897

The Statue of Liberty is an awesome visual journey that begins with the fantastic proposal of a French professor to give the United States a monument to commemorate the Revolutionary War alliance between the thirteen colonies and France. It documents the gift s taking symbolic form of the ancient goddess of liberty and its designation as the tallest metal statue in the world. Highlights include Liberty s construction history, her changing symbolism over the years, and her use in popular advertising and political activism. Her upraised arm has saluted scores of ships as they have passed by. Her

Author: R. Conrad Stein
Publisher: Children’s Press (CT)
Keywords: freedom, cornerstones, island, ellis
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1992-09
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0516466534
ISBN-13: 9780516466538