Angel Island
Subtitle: gateway to Gold Mountain
By: Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan
Contributors: Chen, Yaocheng, translator
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9780547903781
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.); Juvenile literature; History
Description: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.

Drawing from memoirs, diaries, letters, and the "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed, this book describes the people, the screening process, detention and deportation and the eventual renaissance of Angel Island.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (pages 67-74) and index.

Accelerated Reader MG 7.6 2 2 163316