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9780531147818

Ellis Island (A True Book: American History)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780531147818

  • ISBN10:

    0531147819

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-01
  • Publisher: Children's Press
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Summary

Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.A True Book -- American History: How do you wrap a 450,000-pound gift? What is the world's oldest and shortest written consitution? Find out in this patriotic celebration of things uniquely American.

Author Biography

Landau has a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from New York University and a master's degree in library and information science from Pratt Institute.

Table of Contents

The Immigrants: Why would anyone give up so much to come here?p. 7
A Difficult Trip: What was the journey like?p. 13
Why Ellis Island?: How did this tiny island become so famous?p. 21
Getting Around the Island: What did the immigrants see?p. 24
On American Soil, at Last!: What actually happened on this island, anyway?p. 26
After Ellis Island: This all happened a long time ago. Why should I care?p. 37
True Statisticsp. 43
Resourcesp. 44
Important Wordsp. 46
Indexp. 47
About the Authorp. 48
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