{"product_id":"american-passage-the-history-of-ellis-island-9780060742744","title":"American Passage: The History of Ellis Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato's \u003cem\u003eAmerican Passage\u003c\/em\u003e helps us understand who we are as a nation.\" -- Walter Isaacson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe remarkable saga of America's landmark port of entry, from immigration post to deportation center to mythical icon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Passage\u003c\/em\u003e captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the dramatic and bittersweet accounts of the immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social reformers who all played an important role in Ellis Island's chronicle. In this sweeping, often heart-wrenching epic, Vincent J. Cannato reveals that the history of Ellis Island is ultimately the story of what it means to be an American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent J. Cannato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 6.60w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060742744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCannato, Vincent J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent J. Cannato teaches history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099500183667,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_589ef492-a2f8-4c5d-89a3-04ecea116470.jpg?v=1748701860","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/american-passage-the-history-of-ellis-island-9780060742744","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}