Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World
- ISBN-10
- 0823406121
- ISBN-13
- 9780823406128
- Series
- Ellis Island
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction / General
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Author
- Leonard Everett Fisher
Description
A history of immigration through the port of New York, with special focus on the processing at Ellis Island.
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