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Shutting Out the SkyPhotographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at th |
307.76 HOP |
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Behind the MountainsWriting in the notebook which her teacher gave her, 13-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates t |
FIC DAN |
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Hello, AmericaThe author tells the story of how she and her mother came to New York City in 1951 to try to leave the horrors of the Holocaust behind, but found it harder than they expected to fit into this "new wor |
B JACKSON |
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Of Beetles & AngelsAn autobiography in which Mawi Asgedom tells the story of how, at the age of three, he fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to |
B MAWI |
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Ashes of RosesSixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died. |
FIC Auc |
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Ellis Island InterviewsCollected interviews with men and women from Europe and the Middle East who passed through Ellis Island on their way to America. |
304.8 Coa |
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The Middle of EverywhereTells the stories of newcomers to the United States, focusing on the author's home community in Nebraska, providing insight into how immigrants view Americans, and showing the effects of U.S. |
305.9 PIP |
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A Coal Miner's BrideA diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love. |
FIC Bar |
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Ellis IslandThis book records the results of the Ellis Island restoration, including the unforgettable exhibits that bring back haunting memories of relief and joy that accompanied the successful completion of th |
974.7 Hig |
