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In their own words, coupled with hand-painted collage illustrations, immigrants recall their arrival in the United States.

Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914.

Photographs, illustrations, and text show what it was like for people to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States.

Presents opposing viewpoints on three immigration issues: should illegal immigration be stopped; should legal immigration be restricted; and does bilingual education benefit non-English speaking children.

A look at the lives of Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the twentieth century.

A history of Ellis Island including photographs and personal accounts of immigrants who passed through the gates.

Covers American history from Washington's inauguration until the first quarter of the nineteenth century, including the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark's expedition, and the beginnings of abolitionism.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Text, interwoven with diaries, letters, and interviews, describes how the Statue of Liberty came to exist.