TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marcovitz,Hal
TI  - Ellis Island
T2  - American symbols and their meanings
SN  - 1590840313
AV  - JV6484 .M37 2003
U1  - 304.8/73 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Mason Crest Publishers
KW  - Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Emigration and immigration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index; The first arrivals -- The melting pot -- Island of hope -- The golden door -- God bless America -- Chronology -- Glossary
N2  - Presents the history of Ellis Island from 1892 when it served as the most important center for immigration into the United States, to its near collapse in the 1970s due to neglect, to its rebirth in 1990 as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum
ER  -