Hope and tears

By Gwenyth Swain

Subjects: United states, emigration and immigration, Juvenile literature, Immigrant youth, Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.), Immigrants, United states, emigration and immigration, juvenile literature, Emigration and immigration, juvenile literature, Emigration and immigration, History

Description: Letters, diary entries, poems, monologues and diaglogues created to illustrate the stories of people whose lives were touched by Ellis Island, once the United States' largest immigration station. Fictional stories, free-verse, and dialogue accompany real-life photographs of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, as well as inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, social workers, and others who lived and worked there.