Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 (Scholastic Focus)

by Hopkinson, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780439375900
• ISBN10: 0439375908
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Focus

Summary

Leonard Covello came to New York City from a small village in Italy in 1896. He and four other young immigrants, including Rose Cohen, who came to America from Belarus at age twelve, and Pauline Newman, who became one of the first organizers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, are the focus of this fascinating chronicle of the pursuit of the American dream. At turns poignant and humorous, the characters' stories unfold in chapters focusing on work, education, and other aspects of immigrant life in the tenement houses of the Lower East Side of New York City.

Author Biography

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of such award-winning children’s books as SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT; GIRL WONDER: A BASEBALL STORY IN NINE INNINGS; A BAND OF ANGELS; and Dear America: HEAR MY SORROW. Her nonfiction books, SHUTTING OUT THE SKY, LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK, a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor book and an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book; and UP BEFORE DAYBREAK, COTTON AND PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a Carter G. Woodson Honor Award winner, have garnered much acclaim. Deborah lives near Portland, Oregon, where, in addition to writing, she works full-time as the Vice President for Advancement for the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Voices in this Book	p. ix
Coming to the Golden Land	p. 1
Tenements: Shutting Out the Sky	p. 17
Settling In: Greenhorns and Boarders	p. 33
Everyone Worked On	p. 47
On the Streets: Pushcarts, Pickles, and Play	p. 71
A New Language, A New Life	p. 87
Looking to the Future: Will It Ever Be Different?	p. 101
Afterword	p. 112
Timeline	p. 114
Further Reading	p. 116
Acknowledgments	p. 118
Selected Bibliography	p. 120
Text Permissions	p. 123
Notes	p. 124
Photo Credits	p. 130
Index	p. 131
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