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Ellis Island: Gateway to the American Dream Hardcover – March 16, 1991
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Pamela Reeves
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Print length144 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherGramercy
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Publication dateMarch 16, 1991
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Dimensions10.5 x 0.75 x 10.5 inches
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ISBN-100517059053
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ISBN-13978-0517059050
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- Publisher : Gramercy; Second edition. (March 16, 1991)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0517059053
- ISBN-13 : 978-0517059050
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 10.5 x 0.75 x 10.5 inches
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Best Sellers Rank:
#2,056,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #402 in Emigration & Immigration Law (Books)
- #3,211 in Emigration & Immigration Studies (Books)
- #54,071 in U.S. State & Local History
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Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2018
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Keep this on my coffee table. What could be better for someone named Ellis?
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
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Great photos, easy reading book. Good overall look at Ellis Island.
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2015
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This was an interesting book. I purchased it for a patient with Alzheimers and they love it.
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2014
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The pictures were great and the stories of the immigrant's. I have never visited New York but my bucket list is one of them.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015
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Excellent and readable.
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2016
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Awesome!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2005
Pamela Reeves has created one of the more sensitive portraits of what used to be hailed as the American Dream. With the current tragedies occurring daily along the borders of the United States this book could not be more timely.
A slice of Americana, "Ellis Island: Gateway to the American Dream" is a superlative collection of photographs and paintings and other memorabilia that document the first person (Annie, from County Cork, Ireland) to set foot on Ellis Island on January 1, 1892 and then passes through the gradually changing times to the last person to use Ellis Island as port of entry (a Norwegian seaman) on November 12, 1954 as Ellis Island closed its portal. Yes, movies and novels and books have used this magical place to tell the tales of the hopeful immigrants seeking refuge and better lives in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. But few other authors/artists have presented this bit of history with the sensitivity of Pamela Reeves. Here are photographs in both black and white and color of humanity - joyous, sad, optimistic, defeated, tendered and beaten - the faces of the miscegenation of this land of wholly mixed heritages. The results are mesmerizing, at times uplifting, and at other times heartrending.
Perhaps if this book were more widely read and viewed we might better cope with the current pot of brewing resentment that smears the faces of those who still dream the American Dream. These are issues that deserve, no demand, our attention. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, August 05
A slice of Americana, "Ellis Island: Gateway to the American Dream" is a superlative collection of photographs and paintings and other memorabilia that document the first person (Annie, from County Cork, Ireland) to set foot on Ellis Island on January 1, 1892 and then passes through the gradually changing times to the last person to use Ellis Island as port of entry (a Norwegian seaman) on November 12, 1954 as Ellis Island closed its portal. Yes, movies and novels and books have used this magical place to tell the tales of the hopeful immigrants seeking refuge and better lives in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. But few other authors/artists have presented this bit of history with the sensitivity of Pamela Reeves. Here are photographs in both black and white and color of humanity - joyous, sad, optimistic, defeated, tendered and beaten - the faces of the miscegenation of this land of wholly mixed heritages. The results are mesmerizing, at times uplifting, and at other times heartrending.
Perhaps if this book were more widely read and viewed we might better cope with the current pot of brewing resentment that smears the faces of those who still dream the American Dream. These are issues that deserve, no demand, our attention. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, August 05
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017
The best book ever written on or about Ellis Island ! The only book you will ever need !
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2014Verified Purchase
Brilliant insight into the what Ellis Island ment to many people to be able to enter the new world.
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Good condition & price
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2014Verified Purchase
Arrived within stated time. Good condition & price. Very happy with this. Thank-you.
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